diff --git a/pulsar/managers/queued_drmaa_xsede.py b/pulsar/managers/queued_drmaa_xsede.py
index 54c9764de29dfe1134a5ac71d666a7122fe2e478..aae6d209b80220b8f1b7ef9f9b7c373fa49fab48 100644
--- a/pulsar/managers/queued_drmaa_xsede.py
+++ b/pulsar/managers/queued_drmaa_xsede.py
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ class XsedeDrmaaQueueManager(DrmaaQueueManager):
                 '-jobid',
                 self._external_ids[job_id]
             ])
-        except (OSError, IOError, CalledProcessError) as exc:
+        except (OSError, IOError, CalledProcessError):
             log.exception('Failed to call gateway_submit_attributes:')