diff --git a/tests/test_barman_cloud_backup_delete.py b/tests/test_barman_cloud_backup_delete.py
index 637028bd6..70bd6d867 100644
--- a/tests/test_barman_cloud_backup_delete.py
+++ b/tests/test_barman_cloud_backup_delete.py
@@ -384,7 +384,7 @@ def test_keep_single_backup_minimum_redundancy(
         # WHEN barman-cloud-backup-delete runs, specifying either a backup ID or name
         # and with minimum-redundancy 1
         # THEN an OperationErrorExit is raised
-        with pytest.raises(OperationErrorExit) as _exc:
+        with pytest.raises(OperationErrorExit):
             cloud_backup_delete.main(
                 [
                     "cloud_storage_url",