diff --git a/swift/common/middleware/x_profile/html_viewer.py b/swift/common/middleware/x_profile/html_viewer.py
index 1132c6aa59..85426a93c0 100644
--- a/swift/common/middleware/x_profile/html_viewer.py
+++ b/swift/common/middleware/x_profile/html_viewer.py
@@ -386,8 +386,8 @@ class HTMLViewer(object):
             else:
                 data = stats.print_stats()
             return data, [('content-type', self.format_dict[output_format])]
-        except ODFLIBNotInstalled as ex:
-            raise ex
+        except ODFLIBNotInstalled:
+            raise
         except Exception as ex:
             raise ProfileException(_('Data download error: %s') % ex)
 
diff --git a/swift/container/sync.py b/swift/container/sync.py
index 1c94d9a679..99df2e4be2 100644
--- a/swift/container/sync.py
+++ b/swift/container/sync.py
@@ -429,8 +429,6 @@ class ContainerSync(Daemon):
                         sync_stage_time = time()
                     self.container_syncs += 1
                     self.logger.increment('syncs')
-                except Exception as ex:
-                    raise ex
                 finally:
                     self.container_report(start_at, sync_stage_time,
                                           sync_point1,