diff --git a/lib/pbench/cli/agent/commands/results/move.py b/lib/pbench/cli/agent/commands/results/move.py
index b9b8ef8355..b64d981a8b 100644
--- a/lib/pbench/cli/agent/commands/results/move.py
+++ b/lib/pbench/cli/agent/commands/results/move.py
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@
 from typing import List
 
 import click
-import requests
 
 from pbench.agent.base import BaseCommand
 from pbench.agent.results import CopyResultTb, MakeResultTb
@@ -111,7 +110,7 @@ def execute(self, single_threaded: bool, delete: bool = True) -> int:
                     if not res.ok:
                         try:
                             msg = res.json()["message"]
-                        except requests.exceptions.JSONDecodeError:
+                        except Exception:
                             msg = res.text if res.text else res.reason
                         raise CopyResultTb.FileUploadError(msg)
                 except Exception as exc:
diff --git a/lib/pbench/cli/agent/commands/results/push.py b/lib/pbench/cli/agent/commands/results/push.py
index 186405ad07..db5b39bafe 100644
--- a/lib/pbench/cli/agent/commands/results/push.py
+++ b/lib/pbench/cli/agent/commands/results/push.py
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
 from typing import List
 
 import click
-import requests
 
 from pbench.agent.base import BaseCommand
 from pbench.agent.results import CopyResultTb
@@ -36,7 +35,7 @@ def execute(self) -> int:
 
         try:
             msg = res.json()["message"]
-        except requests.exceptions.JSONDecodeError:
+        except Exception:
             msg = res.text if res.text else res.reason
 
         # dup or other unexpected but non-error status