diff --git a/jedi/evaluate/docstrings.py b/jedi/evaluate/docstrings.py
index 7bdb7c74..d38dbf19 100644
--- a/jedi/evaluate/docstrings.py
+++ b/jedi/evaluate/docstrings.py
@@ -51,11 +51,8 @@ def _get_numpy_doc_string_cls():
     global _numpy_doc_string_cache
     if isinstance(_numpy_doc_string_cache, (ImportError, SyntaxError)):
         raise _numpy_doc_string_cache
-    try:
-        from numpydoc.docscrape import NumpyDocString
-        _numpy_doc_string_cache = NumpyDocString
-    except (ImportError, SyntaxError) as e:
-        raise
+    from numpydoc.docscrape import NumpyDocString
+    _numpy_doc_string_cache = NumpyDocString
     return _numpy_doc_string_cache