diff --git a/src/core/IronPython/Compiler/Ast/AstMethods.cs b/src/core/IronPython/Compiler/Ast/AstMethods.cs
index da27a5ab0..c0275d530 100644
--- a/src/core/IronPython/Compiler/Ast/AstMethods.cs
+++ b/src/core/IronPython/Compiler/Ast/AstMethods.cs
@@ -37,7 +37,6 @@ internal static class AstMethods {
         public static readonly MethodInfo RemoveModule = GetMethod((Action<CodeContext, string, object>)PythonOps.RemoveModule);
         public static readonly MethodInfo ModuleStarted = GetMethod((Action<CodeContext, ModuleOptions>)PythonOps.ModuleStarted);
         public static readonly MethodInfo MakeRethrownException = GetMethod((Func<CodeContext, Exception>)PythonOps.MakeRethrownException);
-        public static readonly MethodInfo MakeRethrowExceptionWorker = GetMethod((Func<Exception, Exception>)PythonOps.MakeRethrowExceptionWorker);
         public static readonly MethodInfo MakeException = GetMethod((Func<CodeContext, object, Exception>)PythonOps.MakeException);
         public static readonly MethodInfo MakeExceptionWithCause = GetMethod((Func<CodeContext, object, object, Exception>)PythonOps.MakeExceptionWithCause);
         public static readonly MethodInfo MakeSlice = GetMethod((Func<object, object, object, Slice>)PythonOps.MakeSlice);
diff --git a/src/core/IronPython/Compiler/Ast/WithStatement.cs b/src/core/IronPython/Compiler/Ast/WithStatement.cs
index 6712de29b..e21f5f69b 100644
--- a/src/core/IronPython/Compiler/Ast/WithStatement.cs
+++ b/src/core/IronPython/Compiler/Ast/WithStatement.cs
@@ -206,8 +206,8 @@ public override MSAst.Expression Reduce() {
                                         UpdateLineUpdated(true),
                                         Ast.Throw(
                                             Ast.Call(
-                                                AstMethods.MakeRethrowExceptionWorker,
-                                                exception
+                                                AstMethods.MakeRethrownException,
+                                                Parent.LocalContext
                                             )
                                         )
                                     )
diff --git a/src/core/IronPython/Runtime/Operations/PythonOps.cs b/src/core/IronPython/Runtime/Operations/PythonOps.cs
index 82f0f75be..961de320b 100644
--- a/src/core/IronPython/Runtime/Operations/PythonOps.cs
+++ b/src/core/IronPython/Runtime/Operations/PythonOps.cs
@@ -2468,20 +2468,7 @@ public static PythonTuple GetExceptionInfo(CodeContext/*!*/ context) {
         public static Exception MakeRethrownException(CodeContext/*!*/ context) {
             PythonTuple t = GetExceptionInfo(context);
             Debug.Assert(t[1] == GetRawContextException());
-            Exception e = MakeExceptionWorker(context, t[0], t[1], t[2], null, suppressContext: false, forRethrow: true);
-            return MakeRethrowExceptionWorker(e);
-        }
-
-        /// <summary>
-        /// helper function for re-raised exception.
-        /// This entry point is used by 'raise' inside 'with' statement
-        /// </summary>
-        /// <param name="e"></param>
-        /// <returns></returns>
-        public static Exception MakeRethrowExceptionWorker(Exception e) {
-            e.RemoveTraceBack();
-            ExceptionHelpers.UpdateForRethrow(e);
-            return e;
+            return MakeExceptionWorker(context, t[0], t[1], t[2], null, suppressContext: false, forRethrow: true);
         }
 
         public static Exception MakeException(CodeContext/*!*/ context, object exception) {