diff --git a/src/gstools/field/summator.pyx b/src/gstools/field/summator.pyx
index 5ee2ff042..a7cfd0fb4 100644
--- a/src/gstools/field/summator.pyx
+++ b/src/gstools/field/summator.pyx
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ from cython.parallel import prange
 
 try:
     cimport openmp
-except:
+except:  # no-cython-lint
     ...
 
 cimport numpy as np
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ def set_num_threads(num_threads):
     if num_threads is None:
         try:
             num_threads_c = openmp.omp_get_num_procs()
-        except:
+        except:  # no-cython-lint
             ...
     else:
         num_threads_c = num_threads
diff --git a/src/gstools/krige/krigesum.pyx b/src/gstools/krige/krigesum.pyx
index a7f5dd550..131f76507 100644
--- a/src/gstools/krige/krigesum.pyx
+++ b/src/gstools/krige/krigesum.pyx
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ from cython.parallel import prange
 
 try:
     cimport openmp
-except:
+except:  # no-cython-lint
     ...
 
 cimport numpy as np
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ def set_num_threads(num_threads):
     if num_threads is None:
         try:
             num_threads_c = openmp.omp_get_num_procs()
-        except:
+        except:  # no-cython-lint
             ...
     else:
         num_threads_c = num_threads
diff --git a/src/gstools/variogram/estimator.pyx b/src/gstools/variogram/estimator.pyx
index 391afe2c4..ae64cfe9c 100644
--- a/src/gstools/variogram/estimator.pyx
+++ b/src/gstools/variogram/estimator.pyx
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ from cython.parallel import parallel, prange
 
 try:
     cimport openmp
-except:
+except:  # no-cython-lint
     ...
 
 cimport numpy as np
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ def set_num_threads(num_threads):
     if num_threads is None:
         try:
             num_threads_c = openmp.omp_get_num_procs()
-        except:
+        except:  # no-cython-lint
             ...
     else:
         num_threads_c = num_threads