diff --git a/Modules/_xxsubinterpretersmodule.c b/Modules/_xxsubinterpretersmodule.c
@@ -61,9 +61,9 @@ add_new_exception(PyObject *mod, const char *name, PyObject *base)
static int
_release_xid_data(_PyCrossInterpreterData *data, int ignoreexc)
{
-    PyObject *exctype, *excval, *exctb;
    if (ignoreexc) {
-        PyErr_Fetch(&exctype, &excval, &exctb);
    }
    int res = _PyCrossInterpreterData_Release(data);
    if (res < 0) {
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ _release_xid_data(_PyCrossInterpreterData *data, int ignoreexc)
        }
    }
    if (ignoreexc) {
-        PyErr_Restore(exctype, excval, exctb);
    }
    return res;
}
@@ -294,17 +294,17 @@ _sharedexception_free(_sharedexception *exc)
}

static _sharedexception *
-_sharedexception_bind(PyObject *exctype, PyObject *exc, PyObject *tb)
{
-    assert(exctype != NULL);
    char *failure = NULL;

    _sharedexception *err = _sharedexception_new();
    if (err == NULL) {
        goto finally;
    }

-    PyObject *name = PyUnicode_FromFormat("%S", exctype);
    if (name == NULL) {
        failure = "unable to format exception type name";
        goto finally;
@@ -432,10 +432,7 @@ static int
_run_script(PyInterpreterState *interp, const char *codestr,
            _sharedns *shared, _sharedexception **exc)
{
-    PyObject *exctype = NULL;
    PyObject *excval = NULL;
-    PyObject *tb = NULL;
-
    PyObject *main_mod = _PyInterpreterState_GetMainModule(interp);
    if (main_mod == NULL) {
        goto error;
@@ -469,12 +466,9 @@ _run_script(PyInterpreterState *interp, const char *codestr,
    return 0;

error:
-    PyErr_Fetch(&exctype, &excval, &tb);
-
-    _sharedexception *sharedexc = _sharedexception_bind(exctype, excval, tb);
-    Py_XDECREF(exctype);
    Py_XDECREF(excval);
-    Py_XDECREF(tb);
    if (sharedexc == NULL) {
        fprintf(stderr, "RunFailedError: script raised an uncaught exception");
        PyErr_Clear();