diff --git a/efiction/metadata.py b/efiction/metadata.py
index 58ccdbd..ae277d3 100644
--- a/efiction/metadata.py
+++ b/efiction/metadata.py
@@ -175,7 +175,7 @@ def fetch_coauthors(self, new_story, sql=None):
         # get a dict of coauthor IDs for the story
         try:
             authors = sql.execute_and_fetchall(self.working_original, full_query)
-        except Exception as e:
+        except Exception:
             authors = None
             self.logger.info("No coauthors table...")
         # We only try to operate on this result if it is not None
diff --git a/efiction/tag_converter.py b/efiction/tag_converter.py
index 593e478..e328ce8 100644
--- a/efiction/tag_converter.py
+++ b/efiction/tag_converter.py
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ def check_for_nonstandard_tag_tables(self) -> bool:
                         tags = list(map(lambda story_tags: story_tags[id_name].replace(',', ''), tags))
                         int(''.join(tags))
                         tag_tables[tag_table_name] = False
-                    except Exception as e:
+                    except Exception:
                         # Non-integer in identifier
                         tag_tables[tag_table_name] = True
                 except Exception as e:
diff --git a/opendoors/mysql.py b/opendoors/mysql.py
index 193ef99..ed67c1c 100644
--- a/opendoors/mysql.py
+++ b/opendoors/mysql.py
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ def read_table_to_dict(self, database: str, tablename: str):
         try:
             cursor.execute(f"SELECT * FROM {database}.{tablename};")
             return cursor.fetchall()
-        except Exception as e:
+        except Exception:
             self.logger.info(f"No table {tablename} in {database}...")
             return []
 
diff --git a/opendoors/progress.py b/opendoors/progress.py
index c6a5f15..15daa08 100644
--- a/opendoors/progress.py
+++ b/opendoors/progress.py
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ def continue_from_last(config: ConfigParser, logger: Logger, sql: SqlDb, steps:
                     next_step = "01"
                 else:
                     run_next = False
-    except Exception as e:
+    except Exception:
         logger.error(traceback.format_exc())
 
 
diff --git a/opendoors/utils.py b/opendoors/utils.py
index d569fe6..a950f1c 100644
--- a/opendoors/utils.py
+++ b/opendoors/utils.py
@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@ def remove_output_files(path: str):
                 shutil.rmtree(file)
             else:
                 os.remove(file)
-        except PermissionError as pe:
+        except PermissionError:
             # We don't necessarily care that much
             continue
 
diff --git a/steps/tests/test_step_01.py b/steps/tests/test_step_01.py
index b59d843..40ea1fb 100644
--- a/steps/tests/test_step_01.py
+++ b/steps/tests/test_step_01.py
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ def tearDown(self) -> None:
                     shutil.rmtree(file)
                 else:
                     os.remove(file)
-            except PermissionError as pe:
+            except PermissionError:
                 # We don't necessarily care that much
                 continue
 
diff --git a/steps/tests/test_step_02.py b/steps/tests/test_step_02.py
index 76e7470..b51064a 100644
--- a/steps/tests/test_step_02.py
+++ b/steps/tests/test_step_02.py
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ def tearDown(self) -> None:
                     shutil.rmtree(file)
                 else:
                     os.remove(file)
-            except PermissionError as pe:
+            except PermissionError:
                 # We don't necessarily care that much
                 continue