diff --git a/vm/src/exceptions.rs b/vm/src/exceptions.rs
index 067dbccfa..e5c6950f7 100644
--- a/vm/src/exceptions.rs
+++ b/vm/src/exceptions.rs
@@ -185,7 +185,6 @@ fn exception_repr(vm: &VirtualMachine, args: PyFuncArgs) -> PyResult {
     let exc_name = exc.class().name.clone();
     let joined_str = match args_repr.len() {
         0 => format!("{}()", exc_name),
-        1 => format!("{}({})", exc_name, args_repr[0].to_string()),
         _ => format!("{}({})", exc_name, args_repr.join(", ")),
     };
     Ok(vm.new_str(joined_str))