diff --git a/test/pyxtest/xclient.py b/test/pyxtest/xclient.py
index ff7e34d7d3..96c3a5514f 100644
--- a/test/pyxtest/xclient.py
+++ b/test/pyxtest/xclient.py
@@ -24,8 +24,6 @@ from proto.x11 import (
 class X11ConnectionError(Exception):
     """Raised when the X11 connection fails."""
 
-    pass
-
 
 @dataclass
 class XExtensionData: