diff --git a/.flake8 b/.flake8
index e3b2ecf825..9eaa903f47 100644
--- a/.flake8
+++ b/.flake8
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ per-file-ignores =
     scripts/db.out.ogr/db.out.ogr.py: F841
     scripts/g.extension/g.extension.py: F841, E722, E501
     scripts/v.unpack/v.unpack.py: E722, E501
-    scripts/v.import/v.import.py: E722, E501
+    scripts/v.import/v.import.py: E501
     scripts/db.univar/db.univar.py: E501
     scripts/d.frame/d.frame.py: E722
     scripts/i.pansharpen/i.pansharpen.py: E501
diff --git a/scripts/v.import/v.import.py b/scripts/v.import/v.import.py
index 4f579c4bf4..1e467cd190 100755
--- a/scripts/v.import/v.import.py
+++ b/scripts/v.import/v.import.py
@@ -263,7 +263,7 @@ def main():
         if OGRdatasource.lower().endswith("gml"):
             try:
                 from osgeo import gdal
-            except:
+            except ImportError:
                 gs.fatal(
                     _(
                         "Unable to load GDAL Python bindings (requires package "
@@ -338,7 +338,7 @@ def main():
         if OGRdatasource.lower().endswith("gml"):
             try:
                 from osgeo import gdal
-            except:
+            except ImportError:
                 gs.fatal(
                     _(
                         "Unable to load GDAL Python bindings (requires package "