diff --git a/Library/Homebrew/brew.rb b/Library/Homebrew/brew.rb
index f2e723114e..e07599ac6e 100644
--- a/Library/Homebrew/brew.rb
+++ b/Library/Homebrew/brew.rb
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ rescue SystemExit => e
   onoe "Kernel.exit" if ARGV.verbose? && !e.success?
   $stderr.puts e.backtrace if ARGV.debug?
   raise
-rescue Interrupt => e
+rescue Interrupt
   $stderr.puts # seemingly a newline is typical
   exit 130
 rescue BuildError => e