diff --git a/Lib/distutils/core.py b/Lib/distutils/core.py
index 001e74be47f..51961454f6b 100644
--- a/Lib/distutils/core.py
+++ b/Lib/distutils/core.py
@@ -145,9 +145,7 @@ class found in 'cmdclass' is used in place of the default, which is
             else:
                 raise SystemExit, error
 
-        except (DistutilsExecError,
-                DistutilsFileError,
-                DistutilsOptionError,
+        except (DistutilsError,
                 CCompilerError), msg:
             if DEBUG:
                 raise