diff --git a/tap_salesforce/salesforce/__init__.py b/tap_salesforce/salesforce/__init__.py
index 797aedf1..475757b7 100644
--- a/tap_salesforce/salesforce/__init__.py
+++ b/tap_salesforce/salesforce/__init__.py
@@ -13,8 +13,7 @@
 from tap_salesforce.salesforce.rest import Rest
 from tap_salesforce.salesforce.exceptions import (
     TapSalesforceException,
-    TapSalesforceQuotaExceededException,
-    TapSalesforceHTTPException)
+    TapSalesforceQuotaExceededException)
 
 LOGGER = singer.get_logger()
 
@@ -275,7 +274,7 @@ def _make_request(self, http_method, url, headers=None, body=None, stream=False,
         try:
             resp.raise_for_status()
         except RequestException as ex:
-            raise TapSalesforceHTTPException("Error response from Salesforce") from ex
+            raise ex
 
         if resp.headers.get('Sforce-Limit-Info') is not None:
             self.rest_requests_attempted += 1
diff --git a/tap_salesforce/salesforce/exceptions.py b/tap_salesforce/salesforce/exceptions.py
index d6f003e3..ff18c014 100644
--- a/tap_salesforce/salesforce/exceptions.py
+++ b/tap_salesforce/salesforce/exceptions.py
@@ -6,7 +6,3 @@ class TapSalesforceException(Exception):
 
 class TapSalesforceQuotaExceededException(TapSalesforceException):
     pass
-
-
-class TapSalesforceHTTPException(TapSalesforceException):
-    pass