diff --git a/.flake8 b/.flake8
index c01dc46b255..6bfcc1e5527 100644
--- a/.flake8
+++ b/.flake8
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ per-file-ignores =
     scripts/r.in.srtm/r.in.srtm.py: E722
     scripts/r.fillnulls/r.fillnulls.py: E722
     scripts/d.rast.edit/d.rast.edit.py: E722
-    scripts/v.what.strds/v.what.strds.py: E722, E501
+    scripts/v.what.strds/v.what.strds.py: E501
     # Line too long (esp. module interface definitions)
     scripts/*/*.py: E501
     temporal/t.rast.to.vect/t.rast.to.vect.py: E501
diff --git a/scripts/v.what.strds/v.what.strds.py b/scripts/v.what.strds/v.what.strds.py
index 0e1bf893f98..8be00f3536d 100644
--- a/scripts/v.what.strds/v.what.strds.py
+++ b/scripts/v.what.strds/v.what.strds.py
@@ -225,7 +225,7 @@ def main():
     pymap = Vector(output)
     try:
         pymap.open("r")
-    except:
+    except Exception:
         dbif.close()
         gs.fatal(_("Unable to create vector map <%s>") % output)