diff --git a/testing/indexer-test-core/src/main/java/org/opengroup/osdu/util/ElasticUtils.java b/testing/indexer-test-core/src/main/java/org/opengroup/osdu/util/ElasticUtils.java
index fae80f65637e58e6c74c385f47ca50d593cb90e8..b633df8f9cce28a65468fa04d0e3b796a01628c2 100644
--- a/testing/indexer-test-core/src/main/java/org/opengroup/osdu/util/ElasticUtils.java
+++ b/testing/indexer-test-core/src/main/java/org/opengroup/osdu/util/ElasticUtils.java
@@ -225,9 +225,6 @@ public class ElasticUtils {
         } catch (ElasticsearchStatusException e) {
             log.log(Level.INFO, String.format("Elastic search threw exception: %s", e.getMessage()));
             return -1;
-        } catch (Exception e) {
-            log.info(String.format("Caught exception %s", e));
-            return -1;
         }
     }