diff --git a/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Database/Driver/pgsql/Connection.php b/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Database/Driver/pgsql/Connection.php
index 5dec0a86d75..ff38a22c5b8 100644
--- a/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Database/Driver/pgsql/Connection.php
+++ b/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Database/Driver/pgsql/Connection.php
@@ -118,16 +118,7 @@ class Connection extends DatabaseConnection {
       // Convert numeric values to strings when fetching.
       \PDO::ATTR_STRINGIFY_FETCHES => TRUE,
     );
-
-    try {
-      $pdo = new \PDO($dsn, $connection_options['username'], $connection_options['password'], $connection_options['pdo']);
-    }
-    catch (\Exception $e) {
-      if ($e->getCode() == static::DATABASE_NOT_FOUND) {
-        throw new DatabaseNotFoundException($e->getMessage(), $e->getCode(), $e);
-      }
-      throw new $e;
-    }
+    $pdo = new \PDO($dsn, $connection_options['username'], $connection_options['password'], $connection_options['pdo']);
 
     return $pdo;
   }