diff --git a/swh/web/api/throttling.py b/swh/web/api/throttling.py
--- a/swh/web/api/throttling.py
+++ b/swh/web/api/throttling.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# Copyright (C) 2017-2020  The Software Heritage developers
+# Copyright (C) 2017-2022  The Software Heritage developers
 # See the AUTHORS file at the top-level directory of this distribution
 # License: GNU Affero General Public License version 3, or any later version
 # See top-level LICENSE file for more information
@@ -6,13 +6,12 @@
 from ipaddress import IPv4Network, IPv6Network, ip_address, ip_network
 from typing import Callable, List, TypeVar, Union
 
-import sentry_sdk
-
 from django.core.exceptions import ImproperlyConfigured
 import rest_framework
 from rest_framework.throttling import ScopedRateThrottle
 
 from swh.web.auth.utils import API_SAVE_ORIGIN_PERMISSION
+from swh.web.common.exc import sentry_capture_exception
 from swh.web.config import get_config
 
 APIView = TypeVar("APIView", bound="rest_framework.views.APIView")
@@ -109,7 +108,7 @@
                     request_allowed = super().allow_request(request, view)
                 # use default rate limiting otherwise
                 except ImproperlyConfigured as exc:
-                    sentry_sdk.capture_exception(exc)
+                    sentry_capture_exception(exc)
 
             setattr(view, self.scope_attr, default_scope)
             if request_allowed is None:
diff --git a/swh/web/browse/utils.py b/swh/web/browse/utils.py
--- a/swh/web/browse/utils.py
+++ b/swh/web/browse/utils.py
@@ -10,13 +10,12 @@
 
 import chardet
 import magic
-import sentry_sdk
 
 from django.utils.html import escape
 from django.utils.safestring import mark_safe
 
 from swh.web.common import archive, highlightjs
-from swh.web.common.exc import NotFoundExc
+from swh.web.common.exc import NotFoundExc, sentry_capture_exception
 from swh.web.common.utils import (
     browsers_supported_image_mimes,
     django_cache,
@@ -122,7 +121,7 @@
             try:
                 content_data = content_data.decode(enc).encode("utf-8")
             except Exception as exc:
-                sentry_sdk.capture_exception(exc)
+                sentry_capture_exception(exc)
             else:
                 # ensure display in content view
                 encoding = enc
@@ -166,7 +165,7 @@
         filetype = archive.lookup_content_filetype(query_string)
         language = archive.lookup_content_language(query_string)
     except Exception as exc:
-        sentry_sdk.capture_exception(exc)
+        sentry_capture_exception(exc)
     mimetype = "unknown"
     encoding = "unknown"
     if filetype:
@@ -177,7 +176,7 @@
         try:
             content_raw = archive.lookup_content_raw(query_string)
         except Exception as exc:
-            sentry_sdk.capture_exception(exc)
+            sentry_capture_exception(exc)
             raise NotFoundExc(
                 "The bytes of the content are currently not available "
                 "in the archive."
diff --git a/swh/web/browse/views/content.py b/swh/web/browse/views/content.py
--- a/swh/web/browse/views/content.py
+++ b/swh/web/browse/views/content.py
@@ -6,8 +6,6 @@
 import difflib
 from distutils.util import strtobool
 
-import sentry_sdk
-
 from django.http import HttpResponse, JsonResponse
 from django.shortcuts import redirect, render
 
@@ -22,7 +20,12 @@
     request_content,
 )
 from swh.web.common import archive, highlightjs, query
-from swh.web.common.exc import BadInputExc, NotFoundExc, http_status_code_message
+from swh.web.common.exc import (
+    BadInputExc,
+    NotFoundExc,
+    http_status_code_message,
+    sentry_capture_exception,
+)
 from swh.web.common.identifiers import get_swhids_info
 from swh.web.common.typing import ContentMetadata, SWHObjectInfo
 from swh.web.common.utils import gen_path_info, reverse, swh_object_icons
@@ -162,7 +165,7 @@
                 diff_lines = difflib.unified_diff(content_from_lines, content_to_lines)
                 diff_str = "".join(list(diff_lines)[2:])
         except Exception as exc:
-            sentry_sdk.capture_exception(exc)
+            sentry_capture_exception(exc)
             diff_str = str(exc)
 
     diff_data["diff_str"] = diff_str
diff --git a/swh/web/browse/views/directory.py b/swh/web/browse/views/directory.py
--- a/swh/web/browse/views/directory.py
+++ b/swh/web/browse/views/directory.py
@@ -1,12 +1,10 @@
-# Copyright (C) 2017-2021  The Software Heritage developers
+# Copyright (C) 2017-2022  The Software Heritage developers
 # See the AUTHORS file at the top-level directory of this distribution
 # License: GNU Affero General Public License version 3, or any later version
 # See top-level LICENSE file for more information
 
 import os
 
-import sentry_sdk
-
 from django.http import HttpResponse
 from django.shortcuts import redirect, render
 
@@ -15,7 +13,11 @@
 from swh.web.browse.snapshot_context import get_snapshot_context
 from swh.web.browse.utils import gen_link, get_directory_entries, get_readme_to_display
 from swh.web.common import archive
-from swh.web.common.exc import NotFoundExc, http_status_code_message
+from swh.web.common.exc import (
+    NotFoundExc,
+    http_status_code_message,
+    sentry_capture_exception,
+)
 from swh.web.common.identifiers import get_swhids_info
 from swh.web.common.typing import DirectoryMetadata, SWHObjectInfo
 from swh.web.common.utils import gen_path_info, reverse, swh_object_icons
@@ -288,5 +290,5 @@
                 )
                 return redirect(data_url)
     except Exception as exc:
-        sentry_sdk.capture_exception(exc)
+        sentry_capture_exception(exc)
     return HttpResponse(status=404)
diff --git a/swh/web/browse/views/release.py b/swh/web/browse/views/release.py
--- a/swh/web/browse/views/release.py
+++ b/swh/web/browse/views/release.py
@@ -3,8 +3,6 @@
 # License: GNU Affero General Public License version 3, or any later version
 # See top-level LICENSE file for more information
 
-import sentry_sdk
-
 from django.shortcuts import render
 
 from swh.model.swhids import ObjectType
@@ -19,7 +17,7 @@
     gen_revision_link,
 )
 from swh.web.common import archive
-from swh.web.common.exc import NotFoundExc
+from swh.web.common.exc import NotFoundExc, sentry_capture_exception
 from swh.web.common.identifiers import get_swhids_info
 from swh.web.common.typing import ReleaseMetadata, SWHObjectInfo
 from swh.web.common.utils import format_utc_iso_date, reverse
@@ -132,7 +130,7 @@
                 SWHObjectInfo(object_type=ObjectType.DIRECTORY, object_id=rev_directory)
             )
         except Exception as exc:
-            sentry_sdk.capture_exception(exc)
+            sentry_capture_exception(exc)
     elif release["target_type"] == ObjectType.DIRECTORY.name.lower():
         target_link = gen_directory_link(
             release["target"],
@@ -155,7 +153,7 @@
                 )
             )
         except Exception as exc:
-            sentry_sdk.capture_exception(exc)
+            sentry_capture_exception(exc)
     elif release["target_type"] == ObjectType.CONTENT.name.lower():
         target_link = gen_content_link(
             release["target"],
diff --git a/swh/web/common/highlightjs.py b/swh/web/common/highlightjs.py
--- a/swh/web/common/highlightjs.py
+++ b/swh/web/common/highlightjs.py
@@ -8,10 +8,11 @@
 from typing import Dict
 
 from pygments.lexers import get_all_lexers, get_lexer_for_filename
-import sentry_sdk
 
 from django.contrib.staticfiles.finders import find
 
+from swh.web.common.exc import sentry_capture_exception
+
 
 @functools.lru_cache()
 def _hljs_languages_data():
@@ -140,7 +141,7 @@
         try:
             lexer = get_lexer_for_filename(filename)
         except Exception as exc:
-            sentry_sdk.capture_exception(exc)
+            sentry_capture_exception(exc)
         # if there is a correspondence between the lexer and an hljs
         # language, return it
         if lexer and lexer.name in _pygments_lexer_to_hljs_language:
diff --git a/swh/web/common/origin_save.py b/swh/web/common/origin_save.py
--- a/swh/web/common/origin_save.py
+++ b/swh/web/common/origin_save.py
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@
 
 from prometheus_client import Gauge
 import requests
-import sentry_sdk
 
 from django.core.exceptions import ObjectDoesNotExist, ValidationError
 from django.core.validators import URLValidator
@@ -21,7 +20,12 @@
 
 from swh.scheduler.utils import create_oneshot_task_dict
 from swh.web.common import archive
-from swh.web.common.exc import BadInputExc, ForbiddenExc, NotFoundExc
+from swh.web.common.exc import (
+    BadInputExc,
+    ForbiddenExc,
+    NotFoundExc,
+    sentry_capture_exception,
+)
 from swh.web.common.models import (
     SAVE_REQUEST_ACCEPTED,
     SAVE_REQUEST_PENDING,
@@ -810,7 +814,7 @@
 
     except Exception as exc:
         logger.warning("Request to Elasticsearch failed\n%s", exc)
-        sentry_sdk.capture_exception(exc)
+        sentry_capture_exception(exc)
 
     if not full_info:
         for field in ("id", "backend_id", "worker"):
diff --git a/swh/web/common/utils.py b/swh/web/common/utils.py
--- a/swh/web/common/utils.py
+++ b/swh/web/common/utils.py
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@
 from prometheus_client.registry import CollectorRegistry
 import requests
 from requests.auth import HTTPBasicAuth
-import sentry_sdk
 
 from django.core.cache import cache
 from django.core.cache.backends.base import DEFAULT_TIMEOUT
@@ -34,7 +33,7 @@
     ADMIN_LIST_DEPOSIT_PERMISSION,
     MAILMAP_ADMIN_PERMISSION,
 )
-from swh.web.common.exc import BadInputExc
+from swh.web.common.exc import BadInputExc, sentry_capture_exception
 from swh.web.common.typing import QueryParameters
 from swh.web.config import SWH_WEB_SERVER_NAME, get_config, search
 
@@ -434,8 +433,8 @@
                 try:
                     ret = func(*args, **kwargs)
                 except Exception as exc:
-                    sentry_sdk.capture_exception(exc)
                     if catch_exception:
+                        sentry_capture_exception(exc)
                         return exception_return_value
                     else:
                         raise
diff --git a/swh/web/inbound_email/management/commands/process_inbound_email.py b/swh/web/inbound_email/management/commands/process_inbound_email.py
--- a/swh/web/inbound_email/management/commands/process_inbound_email.py
+++ b/swh/web/inbound_email/management/commands/process_inbound_email.py
@@ -10,10 +10,9 @@
 import sys
 from typing import Callable
 
-import sentry_sdk
-
 from django.core.management.base import BaseCommand
 
+from swh.web.common.exc import sentry_capture_exception
 from swh.web.inbound_email import signals
 
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
@@ -27,7 +26,7 @@
         try:
             message = email.message_from_bytes(raw_message, policy=email.policy.default)
         except Exception as exc:
-            sentry_sdk.capture_exception(exc)
+            sentry_capture_exception(exc)
             self.handle_failed_message(raw_message)
             # XXX make sure having logging doesn't make postfix unhappy
             logger.exception("Could not convert email from bytes")
@@ -40,7 +39,7 @@
         handled = False
         for receiver, response in responses:
             if isinstance(response, Exception):
-                sentry_sdk.capture_exception(response)
+                sentry_capture_exception(response)
                 self.handle_failing_receiver(message, receiver)
                 logger.error(
                     "Receiver produced the following exception", exc_info=response
diff --git a/swh/web/misc/urls.py b/swh/web/misc/urls.py
--- a/swh/web/misc/urls.py
+++ b/swh/web/misc/urls.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# Copyright (C) 2019-2021  The Software Heritage developers
+# Copyright (C) 2019-2022  The Software Heritage developers
 # See the AUTHORS file at the top-level directory of this distribution
 # License: GNU Affero General Public License version 3, or any later version
 # See top-level LICENSE file for more information
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@
 import json
 
 import requests
-import sentry_sdk
 
 from django.conf.urls import include, url
 from django.contrib.staticfiles import finders
@@ -14,6 +13,7 @@
 from django.shortcuts import render
 
 from swh.web.common import archive
+from swh.web.common.exc import sentry_capture_exception
 from swh.web.config import get_config
 from swh.web.misc.metrics import prometheus_metrics
 
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
         response = requests.get(url, timeout=5)
         stat_counters_history = json.loads(response.text)
     except Exception as exc:
-        sentry_sdk.capture_exception(exc)
+        sentry_capture_exception(exc)
 
     counters = {
         "stat_counters": stat_counters,