diff --git a/src/test/java/org/apache/commons/math/stat/descriptive/ListUnivariateImpl.java b/src/test/java/org/apache/commons/math/stat/descriptive/ListUnivariateImpl.java
index 4b505cef6..c996217c7 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/apache/commons/math/stat/descriptive/ListUnivariateImpl.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/apache/commons/math/stat/descriptive/ListUnivariateImpl.java
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ import java.io.Serializable;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.List;
 
-import org.apache.commons.math.MathException;
+import org.apache.commons.math.exception.MathIllegalArgumentException;
 import org.apache.commons.math.stat.descriptive.UnivariateStatistic;
 import org.apache.commons.math.stat.descriptive.DescriptiveStatistics;
 import org.apache.commons.math.util.DefaultTransformer;
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ public class ListUnivariateImpl extends DescriptiveStatistics implements Seriali
 
         try {
             value = transformer.transform(list.get(calcIndex));
-        } catch (MathException e) {
+        } catch (MathIllegalArgumentException e) {
             e.printStackTrace();
         }
 
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/apache/commons/math/util/DefaultTransformerTest.java b/src/test/java/org/apache/commons/math/util/DefaultTransformerTest.java
index 277535c46..38c7c5e8d 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/apache/commons/math/util/DefaultTransformerTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/apache/commons/math/util/DefaultTransformerTest.java
@@ -20,8 +20,8 @@ package org.apache.commons.math.util;
 import java.math.BigDecimal;
 
 
-import org.apache.commons.math.MathException;
 import org.apache.commons.math.TestUtils;
+import org.apache.commons.math.exception.MathIllegalArgumentException;
 import org.apache.commons.math.exception.NullArgumentException;
 import org.junit.Assert;
 import org.junit.Test;
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ public class DefaultTransformerTest {
         try {
             t.transform(input);
             Assert.fail("Expecting MathException");
-        } catch (MathException e) {
+        } catch (MathIllegalArgumentException e) {
             // expected
         }
     }