diff --git a/gapic/ads-templates/%namespace/%name/%version/%sub/services/%service/transports/base.py.j2 b/gapic/ads-templates/%namespace/%name/%version/%sub/services/%service/transports/base.py.j2
index 32e6c11f9f..2053e9fe4f 100644
--- a/gapic/ads-templates/%namespace/%name/%version/%sub/services/%service/transports/base.py.j2
+++ b/gapic/ads-templates/%namespace/%name/%version/%sub/services/%service/transports/base.py.j2
@@ -89,11 +89,9 @@ class {{ service.name }}Transport(metaclass=abc.ABCMeta):
                     {% if method.retry.max_backoff %}maximum={{ method.retry.max_backoff }},{% endif %}
                     {% if method.retry.backoff_multiplier %}multiplier={{ method.retry.backoff_multiplier }},{% endif %}
                     predicate=retries.if_exception_type(
-                        {%- filter sort_lines %}
-                        {%- for ex in method.retry.retryable_exceptions %}
+                        {%- for ex in method.retry.retryable_exceptions|sort(attribute='__name__) %}
                         exceptions.{{ ex.__name__ }},
                         {%- endfor %}
-                        {%- endfilter %}
                     ),
                 ),
                 {%- endif %}
diff --git a/gapic/templates/%namespace/%name_%version/%sub/services/%service/async_client.py.j2 b/gapic/templates/%namespace/%name_%version/%sub/services/%service/async_client.py.j2
index 7368bf6943..95a250479f 100644
--- a/gapic/templates/%namespace/%name_%version/%sub/services/%service/async_client.py.j2
+++ b/gapic/templates/%namespace/%name_%version/%sub/services/%service/async_client.py.j2
@@ -199,11 +199,9 @@ class {{ service.async_client_name }}:
                 {% if method.retry.max_backoff %}maximum={{ method.retry.max_backoff }},{% endif %}
                 {% if method.retry.backoff_multiplier %}multiplier={{ method.retry.backoff_multiplier }},{% endif %}
                 predicate=retries.if_exception_type(
-                    {%- filter sort_lines %}
-                    {%- for ex in method.retry.retryable_exceptions %}
+                    {%- for ex in method.retry.retryable_exceptions|sort(attribue='__name__') %}
                     exceptions.{{ ex.__name__ }},
                     {%- endfor %}
-                    {%- endfilter %}
                 ),
             ),
             {%- endif %}
diff --git a/gapic/templates/%namespace/%name_%version/%sub/services/%service/transports/base.py.j2 b/gapic/templates/%namespace/%name_%version/%sub/services/%service/transports/base.py.j2
index 22ed87a1db..08b5c4b20b 100644
--- a/gapic/templates/%namespace/%name_%version/%sub/services/%service/transports/base.py.j2
+++ b/gapic/templates/%namespace/%name_%version/%sub/services/%service/transports/base.py.j2
@@ -114,11 +114,9 @@ class {{ service.name }}Transport(abc.ABC):
                     {% if method.retry.max_backoff %}maximum={{ method.retry.max_backoff }},{% endif %}
                     {% if method.retry.backoff_multiplier %}multiplier={{ method.retry.backoff_multiplier }},{% endif %}
                     predicate=retries.if_exception_type(
-                        {%- filter sort_lines %}
-                        {%- for ex in method.retry.retryable_exceptions %}
+                        {%- for ex in method.retry.retryable_exceptions|sort(attribute='__name__') %}
                         exceptions.{{ ex.__name__ }},
                         {%- endfor %}
-                        {%- endfilter %}
                     ),
                 ),
                 {%- endif %}