diff --git a/PIL/ImageFile.py b/PIL/ImageFile.py
index f26a7260e9a..9617ffb3b66 100644
--- a/PIL/ImageFile.py
+++ b/PIL/ImageFile.py
@@ -30,13 +30,10 @@
 from PIL import Image
 from PIL._util import isPath
 import io
-import logging
 import os
 import sys
 import struct
 
-logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
-
 MAXBLOCK = 65536
 
 SAFEBLOCK = 1024*1024
@@ -103,7 +100,6 @@ def __init__(self, fp=None, filename=None):
                 KeyError,  # unsupported mode
                 EOFError,  # got header but not the first frame
                 struct.error) as v:
-            logger.exception("%s")
             raise SyntaxError(v)
 
         if not self.mode or self.size[0] <= 0: