diff --git a/.flake8 b/.flake8
index 6f7ca25c163..3bfab3179ce 100644
--- a/.flake8
+++ b/.flake8
@@ -37,7 +37,6 @@ per-file-ignores =
     gui/wxpython/mapswipe/g.gui.mapswipe.py: E501
     gui/wxpython/mapwin/base.py: E722
     gui/wxpython/mapwin/buffered.py: E722
-    gui/wxpython/mapwin/graphics.py: E722
     gui/wxpython/timeline/g.gui.timeline.py: E501
     # Generated file
     gui/wxpython/menustrings.py: E501
diff --git a/gui/wxpython/mapwin/graphics.py b/gui/wxpython/mapwin/graphics.py
index 0bc94bae6d2..b0cb7f36d6b 100644
--- a/gui/wxpython/mapwin/graphics.py
+++ b/gui/wxpython/mapwin/graphics.py
@@ -388,7 +388,7 @@ def _clearId(self, drawid):
         """Clears old object before drawing new object."""
         try:
             self.pdc.ClearId(drawid)
-        except:
+        except (wx.PyDeadObjectError, KeyError):
             pass