diff --git a/freqtrade/data/history/datahandlers/hdf5datahandler.py b/freqtrade/data/history/datahandlers/hdf5datahandler.py
index 3eff133f4..58ae65849 100644
--- a/freqtrade/data/history/datahandlers/hdf5datahandler.py
+++ b/freqtrade/data/history/datahandlers/hdf5datahandler.py
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ class HDF5DataHandler(IDataHandler):
             )
             pairdata = pairdata.reset_index(drop=True)
             return pairdata
-        except ValueError as e:
+        except ValueError:
             raise
         except Exception as e:
             logger.exception(