diff --git a/plugins/wikipedia.py b/plugins/wikipedia.py
index 94d506dce89b08209e0d1c514485e3b701d12570..68b578758c9c69a8d362a6c5a22a0e7dd968e634 100644
--- a/plugins/wikipedia.py
+++ b/plugins/wikipedia.py
@@ -63,5 +63,5 @@ class Wikipedia(object):
 
                 for result in results:
                     self.server.doMessage(channel, result)
-            except Exception as e:
+            except Exception:
                 pass