diff --git a/tests/test_ssl.py b/tests/test_ssl.py
index d16fd6bb4e0dc51a6b26c8bd6a17fbef02958777..44f69b821046f7d5bfa189d90006b962bfd149f7 100755
--- a/tests/test_ssl.py
+++ b/tests/test_ssl.py
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ for s in conf_servers:
         url = "https://%s" % v
         print('Checking SSL certificate of %s' % url)
         requests.get(url)
-    except requests.exceptions.SSLError as e:
-        print('%sSSL certificate for %s is not valid: %s%s' % (RED, url, e, DEF))
+    except requests.exceptions.SSLError:
+        print('%sSSL certificate for %s is not valid' % (RED, url, DEF))
         all_ok = False
 sys.exit(int(not all_ok))