diff --git a/requests_oauthlib/oauth2_session.py b/requests_oauthlib/oauth2_session.py
index ec52506d..5a062977 100644
--- a/requests_oauthlib/oauth2_session.py
+++ b/requests_oauthlib/oauth2_session.py
@@ -198,8 +198,6 @@ def fetch_token(self, token_url, code=None, authorization_response=None,
             log.debug('Invoking hook %s.', hook)
             r = hook(r)
 
-        r.raise_for_status()
-
         self._client.parse_request_body_response(r.text, scope=self.scope)
         self.token = self._client.token
         log.debug('Obtained token %s.', self.token)