diff --git a/helios_auth/auth_systems/linkedin.py b/helios_auth/auth_systems/linkedin.py
index e50f19fdb..ac3140ecf 100644
--- a/helios_auth/auth_systems/linkedin.py
+++ b/helios_auth/auth_systems/linkedin.py
@@ -34,11 +34,7 @@ def _get_client_by_token(token):
 
 def get_auth_url(request, redirect_url):
   client = _get_new_client()
-  try:
-    tok = client.get_request_token()
-  except:
-    return None
-  
+  tok = client.get_request_token()
   request.session['request_token'] = tok
   url = client.get_authenticate_url(tok['oauth_token']) 
   return url
diff --git a/helios_auth/auth_systems/oauthclient/client.py b/helios_auth/auth_systems/oauthclient/client.py
index 4980535e4..5e716ed66 100644
--- a/helios_auth/auth_systems/oauthclient/client.py
+++ b/helios_auth/auth_systems/oauthclient/client.py
@@ -55,28 +55,14 @@ def oauth_request(self, url, args=None, method=None):
         elif method == "POST":
             return self.http_wrapper(req.get_normalized_http_url(),req.to_postdata())
 
-    #this is barely working. (i think. mostly it is that everyone else is using httplib) 
     def http_wrapper(self, url, postdata=None):
         if postdata is None:
             postdata = {}
-        try:
-            if postdata != {}:
-                f = urllib.request.urlopen(url, postdata) 
-            else: 
-                f = urllib.request.urlopen(url) 
-            response = f.read()
-        except:
-            import traceback
-            import logging, sys
-            cla, exc, tb = sys.exc_info()
-            logging.error(url)
-            if postdata:
-              logging.error("with post data")
-            else:
-              logging.error("without post data")
-            logging.error(exc.args)
-            logging.error(traceback.format_tb(tb))
-            response = ""
+        if postdata != {}:
+            f = urllib.request.urlopen(url, postdata)
+        else:
+            f = urllib.request.urlopen(url)
+        response = f.read()
         return response