diff --git a/sanic/config.py b/sanic/config.py
index 3e968117..c5e42de5 100644
--- a/sanic/config.py
+++ b/sanic/config.py
@@ -1,8 +1,6 @@
 import os
 import types
 
-from sanic.exceptions import PyFileError
-
 
 SANIC_PREFIX = 'SANIC_'
 
@@ -85,9 +83,6 @@ class Config(dict):
         except IOError as e:
             e.strerror = 'Unable to load configuration file (%s)' % e.strerror
             raise
-        except Exception as e:
-            raise PyFileError(filename) from e
-
         self.from_object(module)
         return True
 
diff --git a/sanic/exceptions.py b/sanic/exceptions.py
index b535b38f..e90dff7a 100644
--- a/sanic/exceptions.py
+++ b/sanic/exceptions.py
@@ -223,11 +223,6 @@ class InvalidRangeType(ContentRangeError):
     pass
 
 
-class PyFileError(Exception):
-    def __init__(self, file):
-        super().__init__('could not execute config file %s', file)
-
-
 @add_status_code(401)
 class Unauthorized(SanicException):
     """
diff --git a/tests/test_config.py b/tests/test_config.py
index 7ee291d1..a515ee8d 100644
--- a/tests/test_config.py
+++ b/tests/test_config.py
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ from textwrap import dedent
 import pytest
 
 from sanic import Sanic
-from sanic.exceptions import PyFileError
 
 
 @contextmanager
@@ -88,16 +87,6 @@ def test_load_from_missing_envvar(app):
                                 "could not be loaded.")
 
 
-def test_load_config_from_file_invalid_syntax(app):
-    config = b"VALUE = some value"
-    with NamedTemporaryFile() as config_file:
-        config_file.write(config)
-        config_file.seek(0)
-
-        with pytest.raises(PyFileError):
-            app.config.from_pyfile(config_file.name)
-
-
 def test_overwrite_exisiting_config(app):
     app.config.DEFAULT = 1