diff --git a/cloud/src/recycler/recycler.cpp b/cloud/src/recycler/recycler.cpp
index 23b853e34fbc82..ca22b28e031c91 100644
--- a/cloud/src/recycler/recycler.cpp
+++ b/cloud/src/recycler/recycler.cpp
@@ -734,8 +734,6 @@ int InstanceRecycler::recycle_indexes() {
 
     LOG_INFO("begin to recycle indexes").tag("instance_id", instance_id_);
 
-    throw std::exception();
-
     int64_t start_time = duration_cast<seconds>(steady_clock::now().time_since_epoch()).count();
     register_recycle_task(task_name, start_time);