diff --git a/django/core/management/__init__.py b/django/core/management/__init__.py
index fdbf5c26eb..df21ed9aff 100644
--- a/django/core/management/__init__.py
+++ b/django/core/management/__init__.py
@@ -57,9 +57,9 @@ def find_management_module(app_name):
     # of the app_name but the project directory itself isn't on the path.
     try:
         f, path, descr = imp.find_module(part, path)
-    except ImportError as e:
+    except ImportError:
         if os.path.basename(os.getcwd()) != part:
-            raise e
+            raise
     else:
         if f:
             f.close()
diff --git a/django/core/serializers/python.py b/django/core/serializers/python.py
index aa21598695..b84a89fdca 100644
--- a/django/core/serializers/python.py
+++ b/django/core/serializers/python.py
@@ -92,11 +92,11 @@ def Deserializer(object_list, **options):
         # Look up the model and starting build a dict of data for it.
         try:
             Model = _get_model(d["model"])
-        except base.DeserializationError as e:
+        except base.DeserializationError:
             if ignore:
                 continue
             else:
-                raise e
+                raise
         data = {}
         if 'pk' in d:
             data[Model._meta.pk.attname] = Model._meta.pk.to_python(d.get("pk", None))