diff --git a/unittests/test_issues.py b/unittests/test_issues.py
index 1d30e011c20b624641e13b8aabffb8740200dc0e..d284c2b2ca177750054e189560d13b9459c87ec6 100644
--- a/unittests/test_issues.py
+++ b/unittests/test_issues.py
@@ -34,6 +34,6 @@ def test_issue_100():
     # Parse from (invalid) XML file
     filename = os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), "data", "list_in_value.xml")
     xml_el = lxml.etree.parse(filename).getroot()
-    with raises(db.TypeError) as exc_info:
+    with raises(TypeError) as exc_info:
         db.common.models._parse_single_xml_element(xml_el)
     assert "Invalid datatype: List valued properties" in exc_info.value.msg