diff --git a/jdaviz/configs/cubeviz/plugins/spectral_extraction/spectral_extraction.py b/jdaviz/configs/cubeviz/plugins/spectral_extraction/spectral_extraction.py
index 2ce7be5315..ab98ad1e00 100644
--- a/jdaviz/configs/cubeviz/plugins/spectral_extraction/spectral_extraction.py
+++ b/jdaviz/configs/cubeviz/plugins/spectral_extraction/spectral_extraction.py
@@ -263,7 +263,6 @@ def _aperture_items_changed(self, msg):
                     self._extract_in_new_instance(subset_lbl=subset_lbl,
                                                   auto_update=True, add_data=True)
                 except Exception:
-                    raise
                     msg = SnackbarMessage(
                         f"Automatic {self.resulting_product_name} extraction for {subset_lbl} failed",  # noqa
                         color='error', sender=self, timeout=10000)
@@ -459,14 +458,10 @@ def _extract_from_aperture(self, cube, uncert_cube, mask_cube, aperture,
                 subset_id=aperture.selected, cls=NDDataArray
             )
             if uncert_cube:
-                try:
-                    # Subset may not be linked to the uncertainty cube at this point??
-                    uncertainties = uncert_cube.get_subset_object(
-                        subset_id=aperture.selected, cls=StdDevUncertainty
-                    )
-                except ValueError:
-                    raise
-                    uncertainties = None
+                # Subset may not be linked to the uncertainty cube at this point??
+                uncertainties = uncert_cube.get_subset_object(
+                    subset_id=aperture.selected, cls=StdDevUncertainty
+                )
             else:
                 uncertainties = None