diff --git a/src/test/java/org/apache/commons/lang3/time/FastDateFormatTest.java b/src/test/java/org/apache/commons/lang3/time/FastDateFormatTest.java
index 3818e804d..8a7aa1365 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/apache/commons/lang3/time/FastDateFormatTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/apache/commons/lang3/time/FastDateFormatTest.java
@@ -251,7 +251,7 @@ public void testTimeDateDefaults() {
     }
 
     @Test
-    public void testParseSync() throws ParseException, InterruptedException {
+    public void testParseSync() throws InterruptedException {
         final FastDateFormat formatter= FastDateFormat.getInstance("yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ss.SSS Z");
         
         long sdfTime= measureTime(formatter, new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ss.SSS Z") {
@@ -274,7 +274,7 @@ public Object parseObject(String formattedDate) throws ParseException {
     final static private int NTHREADS= 10;
     final static private int NROUNDS= 10000;
     
-    private long measureTime(final Format formatter, final Format parser) throws ParseException, InterruptedException {
+    private long measureTime(final Format formatter, final Format parser) throws InterruptedException {
         final ExecutorService pool = Executors.newFixedThreadPool(NTHREADS);
         final AtomicInteger failures= new AtomicInteger(0);
         final AtomicLong totalElapsed= new AtomicLong(0);
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/apache/commons/lang3/time/FastDateParserTest.java b/src/test/java/org/apache/commons/lang3/time/FastDateParserTest.java
index 896b38912..773aa6593 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/apache/commons/lang3/time/FastDateParserTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/apache/commons/lang3/time/FastDateParserTest.java
@@ -179,7 +179,7 @@ public void testAmPm() throws ParseException {
     }
     
     @Test
-    public void testLocales() throws ParseException {
+    public void testLocales() {
                 
         for(Locale locale : Locale.getAvailableLocales()) {
             Calendar cal= Calendar.getInstance(NEW_YORK, Locale.US);