diff --git a/doc/source/conf.py b/doc/source/conf.py
index f7b841613fba41..44a5b343836988 100644
--- a/doc/source/conf.py
+++ b/doc/source/conf.py
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@
 
 try:
     import sphinxcontrib.spelling  # noqa
-except (ImportError, ModuleNotFoundError) as err:
+except ImportError as err:
     logger.warning(('sphinxcontrib.spelling failed to import with error "{}". '
                     '`spellcheck` command is not available.'.format(err)))
 else: