diff --git a/gcloud/rest/taskqueue/manager.py b/gcloud/rest/taskqueue/manager.py
index b50de73..f17e0b5 100644
--- a/gcloud/rest/taskqueue/manager.py
+++ b/gcloud/rest/taskqueue/manager.py
@@ -106,8 +106,9 @@ def find_and_process_work(self):
             task_lease = self.tq.lease(num_tasks=self.batch_size,
                                        lease_duration=self.lease_seconds)
         except requests.exceptions.HTTPError as e:
-            log.error('got error attempting to lease tasks, retrying',
-                      exc_info=e)
+            if e.response.status_code != 429:
+                log.error('got error attempting to lease tasks, retrying',
+                          exc_info=e)
             return True
 
         if not task_lease:
diff --git a/gcloud/rest/taskqueue/queue.py b/gcloud/rest/taskqueue/queue.py
index 63ee97f..e5f5893 100644
--- a/gcloud/rest/taskqueue/queue.py
+++ b/gcloud/rest/taskqueue/queue.py
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-import logging
 import threading
 
 import requests
@@ -6,8 +5,6 @@
 from gcloud.rest.auth import Token
 
 
-log = logging.getLogger(__name__)
-
 API_ROOT = 'https://cloudtasks.googleapis.com/v2beta2'
 LOCATION = 'us-central1'
 SCOPES = [
@@ -15,18 +12,6 @@
 ]
 
 
-def raise_for_status(resp):
-    try:
-        resp.raise_for_status()
-    except requests.exceptions.HTTPError as e:
-        try:
-            log.error(e.response.json())
-        except ValueError:
-            log.error(e.response.text)
-
-        raise
-
-
 class TaskQueue(object):
     def __init__(self, project, taskqueue, creds=None, google_api_lock=None,
                  location=LOCATION):
@@ -64,7 +49,7 @@ def ack(self, task):
         with self.google_api_lock:
             resp = requests.post(url, headers=self.headers(), json=body)
 
-        raise_for_status(resp)
+        resp.raise_for_status()
         return resp.json()
 
     # https://cloud.google.com/cloud-tasks/docs/reference/rest/v2beta2/projects.locations.queues.tasks/cancelLease
@@ -79,7 +64,7 @@ def cancel(self, task):
         with self.google_api_lock:
             resp = requests.post(url, headers=self.headers(), json=body)
 
-        raise_for_status(resp)
+        resp.raise_for_status()
         return resp.json()
 
     # https://cloud.google.com/cloud-tasks/docs/reference/rest/v2beta2/projects.locations.queues.tasks/delete
@@ -89,7 +74,7 @@ def delete(self, tname):
         with self.google_api_lock:
             resp = requests.delete(url, headers=self.headers())
 
-        raise_for_status(resp)
+        resp.raise_for_status()
         return resp.json()
 
     def drain(self):
@@ -114,7 +99,7 @@ def get(self, tname, full=False):
         with self.google_api_lock:
             resp = requests.get(url, headers=self.headers(), params=params)
 
-        raise_for_status(resp)
+        resp.raise_for_status()
         return resp.json()
 
     # https://cloud.google.com/cloud-tasks/docs/reference/rest/v2beta2/projects.locations.queues.tasks/create
@@ -134,7 +119,7 @@ def insert(self, payload, tag=None):
         with self.google_api_lock:
             resp = requests.post(url, headers=self.headers(), json=body)
 
-        raise_for_status(resp)
+        resp.raise_for_status()
         return resp.json()
 
     # https://cloud.google.com/cloud-tasks/docs/reference/rest/v2beta2/projects.locations.queues.tasks/lease
@@ -152,7 +137,7 @@ def lease(self, num_tasks=1, lease_duration=10, task_filter=None):
         with self.google_api_lock:
             resp = requests.post(url, headers=self.headers(), json=body)
 
-        raise_for_status(resp)
+        resp.raise_for_status()
         return resp.json()
 
     # https://cloud.google.com/cloud-tasks/docs/reference/rest/v2beta2/projects.locations.queues.tasks/list
@@ -167,7 +152,7 @@ def list(self, full=False, page_size=1000, page_token=''):
         with self.google_api_lock:
             resp = requests.get(url, headers=self.headers(), params=params)
 
-        raise_for_status(resp)
+        resp.raise_for_status()
         return resp.json()
 
     # https://cloud.google.com/cloud-tasks/docs/reference/rest/v2beta2/projects.locations.queues.tasks/renewLease
@@ -183,5 +168,5 @@ def renew(self, task, lease_duration=10):
         with self.google_api_lock:
             resp = requests.post(url, headers=self.headers(), json=body)
 
-        raise_for_status(resp)
+        resp.raise_for_status()
         return resp.json()
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index dad52f5..aedfd88 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 
 setuptools.setup(
     name='gcloud-rest',
-    version='1.5.1',
+    version='1.5.2',
     description='RESTful Python Client for Google Cloud',
     long_description=README,
     namespace_packages=[