diff --git a/Lib/python/pyiterators.swg b/Lib/python/pyiterators.swg
index d95bf2eeb..cae4092ba 100644
--- a/Lib/python/pyiterators.swg
+++ b/Lib/python/pyiterators.swg
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ namespace swig
   */
   %ignore stop_iteration;
   %typemap(throws) stop_iteration {
-    (void)$exception;
+    (void)$1;
     SWIG_SetErrorObj(PyExc_StopIteration, SWIG_Py_Void());
     SWIG_fail;
   }
diff --git a/Source/Modules/emit.cxx b/Source/Modules/emit.cxx
index 13c0214e2..c65c4d657 100644
--- a/Source/Modules/emit.cxx
+++ b/Source/Modules/emit.cxx
@@ -440,7 +440,6 @@ void emit_action(Node *n, Wrapper *f) {
         } else {
           Printf(eaction,"catch(%s) {", SwigType_str(et, "&_e"));
         }
-	Replaceall(em,"$exception","_e");
 	Printv(eaction,em,"\n",NIL);
 	Printf(eaction,"}\n");
       } else {