diff --git a/src/tests/tracing/eventpipe/common/IpcTraceTest.cs b/src/tests/tracing/eventpipe/common/IpcTraceTest.cs
index 9c5c8693fce968..254c3df4ff1590 100644
--- a/src/tests/tracing/eventpipe/common/IpcTraceTest.cs
+++ b/src/tests/tracing/eventpipe/common/IpcTraceTest.cs
@@ -264,12 +264,12 @@ private int Validate()
                         {
                             source.Process();
                         }
-                        catch (Exception e)
+                        catch (Exception)
                         {
                             Logger.logger.Log($"Exception thrown while reading; dumping culprit stream to disk...");
                             eventPipeStream.DumpStreamToDisk();
                             // rethrow it to fail the test
-                            throw e;
+                            throw;
                         }
                         Logger.logger.Log("Stopping stream processing");
                         Logger.logger.Log($"Dropped {source.EventsLost} events");