diff --git a/apis/rackspace-cloudfiles/src/main/java/org/jclouds/rackspace/cloudfiles/v1/handlers/CloudFilesErrorHandler.java b/apis/rackspace-cloudfiles/src/main/java/org/jclouds/rackspace/cloudfiles/v1/handlers/CloudFilesErrorHandler.java
index 99e0d885f0..875544da3a 100644
--- a/apis/rackspace-cloudfiles/src/main/java/org/jclouds/rackspace/cloudfiles/v1/handlers/CloudFilesErrorHandler.java
+++ b/apis/rackspace-cloudfiles/src/main/java/org/jclouds/rackspace/cloudfiles/v1/handlers/CloudFilesErrorHandler.java
@@ -77,9 +77,6 @@ public class CloudFilesErrorHandler implements HttpErrorHandler {
          case 413:
             exception = new InsufficientResourcesException(exception.getMessage(), exception);
             break;
-         case 416:
-            exception = new IllegalArgumentException(exception.getMessage(), exception);
-            break;
       }
       command.setException(exception);
    }
diff --git a/apis/sts/src/main/java/org/jclouds/aws/handlers/ParseAWSErrorFromXmlContent.java b/apis/sts/src/main/java/org/jclouds/aws/handlers/ParseAWSErrorFromXmlContent.java
index 6160f86f41..c298fc79a4 100644
--- a/apis/sts/src/main/java/org/jclouds/aws/handlers/ParseAWSErrorFromXmlContent.java
+++ b/apis/sts/src/main/java/org/jclouds/aws/handlers/ParseAWSErrorFromXmlContent.java
@@ -133,11 +133,6 @@ public class ParseAWSErrorFromXmlContent implements HttpErrorHandler {
                exception = new IllegalStateException(message, exception);
             }
             break;
-         case 416:
-            if ("InvalidRange".equals(errorCode)) {
-               exception = new IllegalArgumentException(message, exception);
-            }
-            break;
       }
       return exception;
    }
diff --git a/blobstore/src/main/java/org/jclouds/blobstore/config/LocalBlobStore.java b/blobstore/src/main/java/org/jclouds/blobstore/config/LocalBlobStore.java
index 56a0691b50..6602360d6e 100644
--- a/blobstore/src/main/java/org/jclouds/blobstore/config/LocalBlobStore.java
+++ b/blobstore/src/main/java/org/jclouds/blobstore/config/LocalBlobStore.java
@@ -704,11 +704,11 @@ public final class LocalBlobStore implements BlobStore {
                   offset = Long.parseLong(firstLast[0]);
                   last = Long.parseLong(firstLast[1]);
                } else {
-                  throw new IllegalArgumentException("illegal range: " + s);
+                  throw new HttpResponseException("illegal range: " + s, null, null);
                }
 
                if (offset >= blob.getPayload().getContentMetadata().getContentLength()) {
-                  throw new IllegalArgumentException("illegal range: " + s);
+                  throw new HttpResponseException("illegal range: " + s, null, null);
                }
                if (last + 1 > blob.getPayload().getContentMetadata().getContentLength()) {
                   last = blob.getPayload().getContentMetadata().getContentLength() - 1;