diff --git a/src/toil/wdl/wdltoil.py b/src/toil/wdl/wdltoil.py
index 176bac9f46..a29d78677a 100755
--- a/src/toil/wdl/wdltoil.py
+++ b/src/toil/wdl/wdltoil.py
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ def decorated(*args: Any, **kwargs: Any) -> Any:
             Run the decoratee and handle WDL errors.
             """
             with wdl_error_reporter(task, exit=exit, log=log):
-                return decoratee(*args, **kwargs) #  type: ignore
+                return decoratee(*args, **kwargs)
         return cast(F, decorated)
     return decorator