diff --git a/sktree/__init__.py b/sktree/__init__.py
index f898ab724..1ca249fc0 100644
--- a/sktree/__init__.py
+++ b/sktree/__init__.py
@@ -59,7 +59,6 @@
         )
         from .ensemble._honest_forest import HonestForestClassifier
     except ImportError as e:
-        raise(e)
         msg = """Error importing scikit-tree: you cannot import scikit-tree while
         being in scikit-tree source directory; please exit the scikit-tree source
         tree first and relaunch your Python interpreter."""