diff --git a/nova/exception.py b/nova/exception.py
index 85fe8f8b0f3e..4eb436b82744 100644
--- a/nova/exception.py
+++ b/nova/exception.py
@@ -462,7 +462,7 @@ 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 10a7dabfa469..3a885d33cd19 100644
--- a/nova/virt/libvirt/host.py
+++ b/nova/virt/libvirt/host.py
@@ -457,7 +457,7 @@ class Host(object):
             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 476e9149324c..86ace4d5c6c0 100644
--- a/nova/virt/libvirt/volume/mount.py
+++ b/nova/virt/libvirt/volume/mount.py
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ class _HostMountStateManager(object):
         with self.cond:
             state = self.state
             if state is None:
-                raise exception.HypervisorUnavailable(host=CONF.host)
+                raise exception.HypervisorUnavailable()
             self.use_count += 1
 
         try: