diff --git a/openpype/modules/slack/plugins/publish/integrate_slack_api.py b/openpype/modules/slack/plugins/publish/integrate_slack_api.py
index bb5cd40936..21069e0b13 100644
--- a/openpype/modules/slack/plugins/publish/integrate_slack_api.py
+++ b/openpype/modules/slack/plugins/publish/integrate_slack_api.py
@@ -396,7 +396,7 @@ class SlackPython2Operations(AbstractSlackOperations):
                 users = self._get_users()
                 groups = self._get_groups()
                 break
-            except Exception as e:
+            except Exception:
                 self.log.warning("Cannot pull user info, "
                                  "mentions won't work", exc_info=True)
                 return [], []