diff --git a/src/borg/remote.py b/src/borg/remote.py
index 56ad6c765..dce028801 100644
--- a/src/borg/remote.py
+++ b/src/borg/remote.py
@@ -872,7 +872,7 @@ This problem will go away as soon as the server has been upgraded to 1.0.7+.
                         if self.dictFormat:
                             self.to_send = msgpack.packb({MSGID: self.msgid, MSG: 'get', ARGS: args})
                         else:
-                            self.to_send = msgpack.packb((1, self.msgid, 'get', self.named_to_positional(cmd, args)))
+                            self.to_send = msgpack.packb((1, self.msgid, 'get', self.named_to_positional('get', args)))
 
                 if self.to_send:
                     try:
diff --git a/src/borg/testsuite/__init__.py b/src/borg/testsuite/__init__.py
index 2658cff2e..57743e45a 100644
--- a/src/borg/testsuite/__init__.py
+++ b/src/borg/testsuite/__init__.py
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ except ImportError:
 
 try:
     from pytest import raises
-except ImportError:
+except:  # noqa
     raises = None
 
 has_lchflags = hasattr(os, 'lchflags') or sys.platform.startswith('linux')