diff --git a/autopep8.py b/autopep8.py
index <HASH>..<HASH> 100755
--- a/autopep8.py
+++ b/autopep8.py
@@ -944,7 +944,6 @@ def fix_w6(source):
     return refactor(source,
                     ['apply',
                      'except',
-                     'exec',
                      'exitfunc',
                      'has_key',
                      'idioms',
Remove modification of "exec"

This can result in invalid Python 2 syntax.