diff --git a/source4/dns_server/pydns.c b/source4/dns_server/pydns.c
index 3de9739f1f1..7fc8f0c8811 100644
--- a/source4/dns_server/pydns.c
+++ b/source4/dns_server/pydns.c
@@ -32,27 +32,18 @@
 /* FIXME: These should be in a header file somewhere */
 #define PyErr_LDB_OR_RAISE(py_ldb, ldb) \
 	if (!py_check_dcerpc_type(py_ldb, "ldb", "Ldb")) { \
-		PyErr_SetString(py_ldb_get_exception(), "Ldb connection object required"); \
+		PyErr_SetString(PyExc_TypeError, "Ldb connection object required"); \
 		return NULL; \
 	} \
 	ldb = pyldb_Ldb_AsLdbContext(py_ldb);
 
 #define PyErr_LDB_DN_OR_RAISE(py_ldb_dn, dn) \
 	if (!py_check_dcerpc_type(py_ldb_dn, "ldb", "Dn")) { \
-		PyErr_SetString(py_ldb_get_exception(), "ldb Dn object required"); \
+		PyErr_SetString(PyExc_TypeError, "ldb Dn object required"); \
 		return NULL; \
 	} \
 	dn = pyldb_Dn_AsDn(py_ldb_dn);
 
-static PyObject *py_ldb_get_exception(void)
-{
-	PyObject *mod = PyImport_ImportModule("ldb");
-	if (mod == NULL)
-		return NULL;
-
-	return PyObject_GetAttrString(mod, "LdbError");
-}
-
 static PyObject *py_dnsp_DnssrvRpcRecord_get_list(struct dnsp_DnssrvRpcRecord *records,
 						  uint16_t num_records)
 {
@@ -168,7 +159,7 @@ static PyObject *py_dsdb_dns_extract(PyObject *self, PyObject *args)
 	}
 
 	if (!py_check_dcerpc_type(py_dns_el, "ldb", "MessageElement")) {
-		PyErr_SetString(py_ldb_get_exception(),
+		PyErr_SetString(PyExc_TypeError,
 				"ldb MessageElement object required");
 		return NULL;
 	}