diff --git a/tripleoclient/exceptions.py b/tripleoclient/exceptions.py
index c450fd60f..77fa50f53 100644
--- a/tripleoclient/exceptions.py
+++ b/tripleoclient/exceptions.py
@@ -13,8 +13,6 @@
 #   under the License.
 #
 
-import sys
-import traceback
 
 """Exception definitions"""
 
@@ -38,7 +36,6 @@ class NotFound(Exception):
 class DeploymentError(RuntimeError):
     """Deployment failed"""
     def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
-        traceback.format_exception(*sys.exc_info())
         super(RuntimeError, self).__init__(*args, **kwargs)
 
 
diff --git a/tripleoclient/v1/tripleo_deploy.py b/tripleoclient/v1/tripleo_deploy.py
index 5057095f4..7ba8c4a5c 100644
--- a/tripleoclient/v1/tripleo_deploy.py
+++ b/tripleoclient/v1/tripleo_deploy.py
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ import subprocess
 import sys
 import tarfile
 import tempfile
+import traceback
 import yaml
 
 from cliff import command
@@ -1107,6 +1108,7 @@ class Deploy(command.Command):
                 rc = self._launch_ansible_deploy(self.ansible_dir)
         except Exception as e:
             self.log.error("Exception: %s" % six.text_type(e))
+            self.log.error(traceback.print_exc())
             raise exceptions.DeploymentError(six.text_type(e))
         finally:
             if not parsed_args.keep_running: