diff --git a/dotnet/src/webdriver/WebDriver.cs b/dotnet/src/webdriver/WebDriver.cs
index 57d1a2bab91fc..859858ba0ec53 100644
--- a/dotnet/src/webdriver/WebDriver.cs
+++ b/dotnet/src/webdriver/WebDriver.cs
@@ -612,20 +612,7 @@ protected virtual async Task<Response> ExecuteAsync(string driverCommandToExecut
         {
             Command commandToExecute = new Command(SessionId, driverCommandToExecute, parameters);
 
-            Response commandResponse;
-
-            try
-            {
-                commandResponse = await this.executor.ExecuteAsync(commandToExecute).ConfigureAwait(false);
-            }
-            catch (System.Net.Http.HttpRequestException e)
-            {
-                commandResponse = new Response
-                {
-                    Status = WebDriverResult.UnknownError,
-                    Value = e
-                };
-            }
+            Response commandResponse = await this.executor.ExecuteAsync(commandToExecute).ConfigureAwait(false);
 
             if (commandResponse.Status != WebDriverResult.Success)
             {