diff --git a/ForgeGit/forgegit/model/git_repo.py b/ForgeGit/forgegit/model/git_repo.py
index 56b7e80..2244baa 100644
--- a/ForgeGit/forgegit/model/git_repo.py
+++ b/ForgeGit/forgegit/model/git_repo.py
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
 import string
 import logging
 import random
-import traceback
 from collections import namedtuple
 from datetime import datetime
 from glob import glob
@@ -110,7 +109,7 @@
         except:
             self._repo.status = 'ready'
             session(self._repo).flush(self._repo)
-            raise Exception(traceback.format_exc())
+            raise
         log.info('... %r cloned', self._repo)
         g.post_event('repo_cloned', source_url)
         self._repo.refresh(notify=False)
diff --git a/ForgeHg/forgehg/model/hg.py b/ForgeHg/forgehg/model/hg.py
index 6aed90a..fc39d42 100644
--- a/ForgeHg/forgehg/model/hg.py
+++ b/ForgeHg/forgehg/model/hg.py
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
 import re
 import shutil
 import logging
-import traceback
 from binascii import b2a_hex
 from datetime import datetime
 from cStringIO import StringIO
@@ -97,7 +96,7 @@
         except:
             self._repo.status = 'ready'
             session(self._repo).flush(self._repo)
-            raise Exception(traceback.format_exc())
+            raise
         log.info('... %r cloned', self._repo)
         g.post_event('repo_cloned', source_url)
         self._repo.refresh(notify=False)