diff --git a/common/lib/capa/capa/inputtypes.py b/common/lib/capa/capa/inputtypes.py
index 52063c245d..be20cdd9f9 100644
--- a/common/lib/capa/capa/inputtypes.py
+++ b/common/lib/capa/capa/inputtypes.py
@@ -258,7 +258,6 @@ class InputTypeBase(object):
             # Something went wrong: add xml to message, but keep the traceback
             msg = u"Error in xml '{x}': {err} ".format(
                 x=etree.tostring(xml), err=text_type(err))
-            msg = Exception(msg)
             six.reraise(Exception, Exception(msg), sys.exc_info()[2])
 
     @classmethod