diff --git a/astroquery/jplhorizons/core.py b/astroquery/jplhorizons/core.py
index 86e378c9f9..272e7f97fa 100644
--- a/astroquery/jplhorizons/core.py
+++ b/astroquery/jplhorizons/core.py
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@
 from ..query import BaseQuery
 # async_to_sync generates the relevant query tools from _async methods
 from ..utils import async_to_sync
-from ..exceptions import TableParseError
 # import configurable items declared in __init__.py
 from . import conf
 
@@ -1301,10 +1300,7 @@ def _parse_result(self, response, verbose=None):
                     # this is allowed: if `cache` was set to False, this
                     # won't be needed
                     pass
-                raise TableParseError("Failed to parse JPL Horizons result. "
-                                      "The raw response can be found in "
-                                      "`self.last_response`.  Exception: "
-                                      + str(ex)) from ex
+                raise
         return data
 
 
diff --git a/astroquery/jplhorizons/tests/test_jplhorizons.py b/astroquery/jplhorizons/tests/test_jplhorizons.py
index 2474afe3f2..98cd7c9ae8 100644
--- a/astroquery/jplhorizons/tests/test_jplhorizons.py
+++ b/astroquery/jplhorizons/tests/test_jplhorizons.py
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 # Licensed under a 3-clause BSD style license - see LICENSE.rst
 
+from multiprocessing import Value
 import pytest
 import os
 from collections import OrderedDict
@@ -62,7 +63,7 @@ def test_parse_result(patch_request):
     q = jplhorizons.Horizons(id='tlist_error')
     # need _last_query to be defined
     q._last_query = AstroQuery('GET', 'http://dummy')
-    with pytest.raises(TableParseError):
+    with pytest.raises(ValueError):
         res = q.ephemerides()