diff --git a/litellm/litellm_core_utils/prompt_templates/factory.py b/litellm/litellm_core_utils/prompt_templates/factory.py
index 3a5a7500780..c3fa89f74ec 100644
--- a/litellm/litellm_core_utils/prompt_templates/factory.py
+++ b/litellm/litellm_core_utils/prompt_templates/factory.py
@@ -905,7 +905,7 @@ def convert_to_anthropic_image_obj(
         )
     except litellm.ImageFetchError:
         raise
-    except Exception as e:
+    except Exception:
         raise Exception(
             """Image url not in expected format. Example Expected input - "image_url": "data:image/jpeg;base64,{base64_image}". Supported formats - ['image/jpeg', 'image/png', 'image/gif', 'image/webp']."""
         )