diff --git a/pdf/pom.xml b/pdf/pom.xml
index 078a364e77..be1e9822e2 100644
--- a/pdf/pom.xml
+++ b/pdf/pom.xml
@@ -24,49 +24,31 @@
 			<version>3.8.1</version>
 			<scope>test</scope>
 		</dependency>
-		<!-- https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/org.apache.pdfbox/pdfbox -->
-		<dependency>
-			<groupId>org.apache.pdfbox</groupId>
-			<artifactId>pdfbox</artifactId>
-			<version>2.0.3</version>
-		</dependency>
-		<!-- https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/org.apache.pdfbox/pdfbox-tools -->
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.apache.pdfbox</groupId>
 			<artifactId>pdfbox-tools</artifactId>
 			<version>2.0.3</version>
 		</dependency>
-		<!-- https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/net.sf.cssbox/pdf2dom -->
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>net.sf.cssbox</groupId>
 			<artifactId>pdf2dom</artifactId>
 			<version>1.6</version>
 		</dependency>
-		<!-- https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/com.itextpdf/itextpdf -->
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>com.itextpdf</groupId>
 			<artifactId>itextpdf</artifactId>
 			<version>5.5.10</version>
 		</dependency>
-		<!-- https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/org.apache.poi/poi -->
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.apache.poi</groupId>
 			<artifactId>poi</artifactId>
 			<version>3.15</version>
 		</dependency>
-		<!-- https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/org.apache.poi/poi-ooxml -->
-		<dependency>
-			<groupId>org.apache.poi</groupId>
-			<artifactId>poi-ooxml</artifactId>
-			<version>3.15</version>
-		</dependency>
-		<!-- https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/org.apache.poi/poi-scratchpad -->
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.apache.poi</groupId>
 			<artifactId>poi-scratchpad</artifactId>
 			<version>3.15</version>
 		</dependency>
-		<!-- https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/org.apache.xmlgraphics/batik-transcoder -->
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.apache.xmlgraphics</groupId>
 			<artifactId>batik-transcoder</artifactId>
diff --git a/pdf/src/main/java/com/baeldung/pdf/PDF2HTMLExample.java b/pdf/src/main/java/com/baeldung/pdf/PDF2HTMLExample.java
index 14e886e23b..0d38208bab 100644
--- a/pdf/src/main/java/com/baeldung/pdf/PDF2HTMLExample.java
+++ b/pdf/src/main/java/com/baeldung/pdf/PDF2HTMLExample.java
@@ -23,17 +23,13 @@ public class PDF2HTMLExample {
 	}
 
 	private static void generateHTMLFromPDF(String filename) throws ParserConfigurationException, IOException {
-		try {
-			PDDocument pdf = PDDocument.load(new File(filename));
-			PDFDomTree parser = new PDFDomTree();
-			Writer output = new PrintWriter("src/output/pdf.html", "utf-8");
-			parser.writeText(pdf, output);
-			output.close();
-			if (pdf != null) {
-				pdf.close();
-			}
-		} catch (IOException e) {
-			e.printStackTrace();
+		PDDocument pdf = PDDocument.load(new File(filename));
+		PDFDomTree parser = new PDFDomTree();
+		Writer output = new PrintWriter("src/output/pdf.html", "utf-8");
+		parser.writeText(pdf, output);
+		output.close();
+		if (pdf != null) {
+			pdf.close();
 		}
 	}
 }
diff --git a/pdf/src/main/java/com/baeldung/pdf/PDF2TextExample.java b/pdf/src/main/java/com/baeldung/pdf/PDF2TextExample.java
index e4fb29dfaa..c5880a4e91 100644
--- a/pdf/src/main/java/com/baeldung/pdf/PDF2TextExample.java
+++ b/pdf/src/main/java/com/baeldung/pdf/PDF2TextExample.java
@@ -23,30 +23,26 @@ public class PDF2TextExample {
 	}
 
 	private static void generateTxtFromPDF(String filename) throws IOException {
-		try {
-			File f = new File(filename);
-			String parsedText;
-			PDFParser parser = new PDFParser(new RandomAccessFile(f, "r"));
-			parser.parse();
+		File f = new File(filename);
+		String parsedText;
+		PDFParser parser = new PDFParser(new RandomAccessFile(f, "r"));
+		parser.parse();
 
-			COSDocument cosDoc = parser.getDocument();
+		COSDocument cosDoc = parser.getDocument();
 
-			PDFTextStripper pdfStripper = new PDFTextStripper();
-			PDDocument pdDoc = new PDDocument(cosDoc);
+		PDFTextStripper pdfStripper = new PDFTextStripper();
+		PDDocument pdDoc = new PDDocument(cosDoc);
 
-			parsedText = pdfStripper.getText(pdDoc);
+		parsedText = pdfStripper.getText(pdDoc);
 
-			if (cosDoc != null)
-				cosDoc.close();
-			if (pdDoc != null)
-				pdDoc.close();
-			
-			PrintWriter pw = new PrintWriter("src/output/pdf.txt");
-			pw.print(parsedText);
-			pw.close();
-		} catch (Exception e) {
-			e.printStackTrace();
-		}
+		if (cosDoc != null)
+			cosDoc.close();
+		if (pdDoc != null)
+			pdDoc.close();
+
+		PrintWriter pw = new PrintWriter("src/output/pdf.txt");
+		pw.print(parsedText);
+		pw.close();
 	}
 
 }