diff --git a/contrib/pyln-testing/pyln/testing/utils.py b/contrib/pyln-testing/pyln/testing/utils.py
index 15365cf93210..00194e2d3872 100644
--- a/contrib/pyln-testing/pyln/testing/utils.py
+++ b/contrib/pyln-testing/pyln/testing/utils.py
@@ -861,7 +861,7 @@ def grpc(self):
                 lambda v: v[0] == 'grpc-port',
                 self.daemon.opts.items()
             ).__next__()[1])
-        except Exception as e:
+        except Exception:
             raise ValueError("grpc-port is not specified, can't connect over grpc")
 
         import grpc