diff --git a/plugins/bigquery/dbt/adapters/bigquery/connections.py b/plugins/bigquery/dbt/adapters/bigquery/connections.py
index 738935d3e23..95b4615b5fd 100644
--- a/plugins/bigquery/dbt/adapters/bigquery/connections.py
+++ b/plugins/bigquery/dbt/adapters/bigquery/connections.py
@@ -238,7 +238,6 @@ def open(cls, connection):
             handle = cls.get_bigquery_client(connection.credentials)
 
         except Exception as e:
-            raise
             logger.debug("Got an error when attempting to create a bigquery "
                          "client: '{}'".format(e))