diff --git a/httpclient/src/main/java/org/apache/http/impl/auth/NTLMEngineImpl.java b/httpclient/src/main/java/org/apache/http/impl/auth/NTLMEngineImpl.java
index 2bace7a9d..b97af3bcd 100644
--- a/httpclient/src/main/java/org/apache/http/impl/auth/NTLMEngineImpl.java
+++ b/httpclient/src/main/java/org/apache/http/impl/auth/NTLMEngineImpl.java
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ final class NTLMEngineImpl implements NTLMEngine {
      *            The domain to authenticate with.
      * @return String the message to add to the HTTP request header.
      */
-    String getType1Message(final String host, final String domain) throws NTLMEngineException {
+    String getType1Message(final String host, final String domain) {
         return new Type1Message(domain, host).getResponse();
     }