diff --git a/maven-repository-proxy/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/repository/proxy/DefaultProxyManager.java b/maven-repository-proxy/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/repository/proxy/DefaultProxyManager.java
index f65df6a9a..c9a32cc90 100644
--- a/maven-repository-proxy/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/repository/proxy/DefaultProxyManager.java
+++ b/maven-repository-proxy/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/repository/proxy/DefaultProxyManager.java
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ public DefaultProxyManager( ProxyConfiguration configuration )
     }
 
     public File get( String path )
-        throws ProxyException
+        throws ProxyException, ResourceDoesNotExistException
     {
         //@todo use wagon for cache use file:// as URL
         String cachePath = config.getRepositoryCachePath();
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ public File get( String path )
     }
 
     public File getRemoteFile( String path )
-        throws ProxyException
+        throws ProxyException, ResourceDoesNotExistException
     {
         try
         {
@@ -109,10 +109,6 @@ else if ( path.endsWith( ".md5" ) || path.endsWith( ".sha1" ) )
         {
             throw new ProxyException( e.getMessage(), e );
         }
-        catch ( ResourceDoesNotExistException e )
-        {
-            throw new ProxyException( e.getMessage(), e );
-        }
     }
 
     private File getArtifactFile( Artifact artifact )
diff --git a/maven-repository-proxy/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/repository/proxy/ProxyManager.java b/maven-repository-proxy/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/repository/proxy/ProxyManager.java
index 9463fd108..1901da33c 100644
--- a/maven-repository-proxy/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/repository/proxy/ProxyManager.java
+++ b/maven-repository-proxy/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/repository/proxy/ProxyManager.java
@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@
  * limitations under the License.
  */
 
+import org.apache.maven.wagon.ResourceDoesNotExistException;
+
 import java.io.File;
 
 /**
@@ -24,8 +26,8 @@
 public interface ProxyManager
 {
     public File get( String path )
-        throws ProxyException;
+        throws ProxyException, ResourceDoesNotExistException;
 
     public File getRemoteFile( String path )
-        throws ProxyException;
+        throws ProxyException, ResourceDoesNotExistException;
 }