diff --git a/googleanalytics/query.py b/googleanalytics/query.py
index f0688ae..b67fa56 100644
--- a/googleanalytics/query.py
+++ b/googleanalytics/query.py
@@ -530,10 +530,6 @@ def execute(self):
                         {parameters}
                         """, message=str(err), parameters=parameters)
                     raise errors.InvalidRequestError(diagnostics)
-                elif hasattr(err, 'content'):
-                    # circumvent bug in `googleapiclient` on Python 3
-                    err.content = err.content.decode('utf-8')
-                    raise errors.GoogleAnalyticsError(str(err))
                 else:
                     raise err
 
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 3a6204c..df719bd 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
     author_email='stijn@debrouwere.org',
     url='https://github.com/debrouwere/google-analytics/',
     download_url='http://www.github.com/debrouwere/google-analytics/tarball/master',
-    version='0.22.1',
+    version='0.22.2',
     license='ISC',
     packages=find_packages(),
     keywords='data analytics api wrapper google',