diff --git a/nova/exception.py b/nova/exception.py
index fe492b4328d..a5126d47652 100644
--- a/nova/exception.py
+++ b/nova/exception.py
@@ -504,7 +504,7 @@ class ComputeResourcesUnavailable(ServiceUnavailable):
 
 
 class HypervisorUnavailable(NovaException):
-    msg_fmt = _("Connection to the hypervisor is broken on host: %(host)s")
+    msg_fmt = _("Connection to the hypervisor is broken on host")
 
 
 class ComputeServiceUnavailable(ServiceUnavailable):
diff --git a/nova/virt/libvirt/host.py b/nova/virt/libvirt/host.py
index 3802cb984b0..069129c50ac 100644
--- a/nova/virt/libvirt/host.py
+++ b/nova/virt/libvirt/host.py
@@ -449,7 +449,7 @@ def get_connection(self):
             rpc.get_notifier('compute').error(nova_context.get_admin_context(),
                                               'compute.libvirt.error',
                                               payload)
-            raise exception.HypervisorUnavailable(host=CONF.host)
+            raise exception.HypervisorUnavailable()
 
         return conn
 
diff --git a/nova/virt/libvirt/volume/mount.py b/nova/virt/libvirt/volume/mount.py
index a02fe460a38..cd323ee924f 100644
--- a/nova/virt/libvirt/volume/mount.py
+++ b/nova/virt/libvirt/volume/mount.py
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ def get_state(self):
         with self.cond:
             state = self.state
             if state is None:
-                raise exception.HypervisorUnavailable(host=CONF.host)
+                raise exception.HypervisorUnavailable()
             self.use_count += 1
 
         try: