diff --git a/lib/lucene/index.rb b/lib/lucene/index.rb
index dcd639a3d..5cf12ab34 100644
--- a/lib/lucene/index.rb
+++ b/lib/lucene/index.rb
@@ -188,7 +188,7 @@ def commit
     rescue => ex
       $LUCENE_LOGGER.error(ex)
       #      ex.backtrace.each{|x| $LUCENE_LOGGER.error(x)}
-      raise ex
+      raise
     end
 
 
diff --git a/lib/lucene/transaction.rb b/lib/lucene/transaction.rb
index a3c4b5f43..c3decfa01 100644
--- a/lib/lucene/transaction.rb
+++ b/lib/lucene/transaction.rb
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ def run
           # TODO reuse of error handling and logging
           $LUCENE_LOGGER.error{"Got exception #{ex}"}      
           ex.backtrace.each {|t| $LUCENE_LOGGER.error(t)}
-          raise ex
+          raise
         ensure
           tx.commit unless tx.rollback?
         end
diff --git a/lib/neo4j/transaction.rb b/lib/neo4j/transaction.rb
index 5d7666ca9..d8463a5fd 100644
--- a/lib/neo4j/transaction.rb
+++ b/lib/neo4j/transaction.rb
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ def run   # :yield: block of code to run inside a transaction
         rescue Exception => e
           #$NEO_LOGGER.warn{e.backtrace.join("\n")}
           tx.failure
-          raise e  
+          raise  
         ensure
           tx.finish  
         end