diff --git a/src/java/org/apache/cassandra/client/RingCache.java b/src/java/org/apache/cassandra/client/RingCache.java
index 4db4a0d8c3..3308471a2a 100644
--- a/src/java/org/apache/cassandra/client/RingCache.java
+++ b/src/java/org/apache/cassandra/client/RingCache.java
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ public class RingCache
 
     private Multimap<Range<Token>, InetAddress> rangeMap;
 
-    public RingCache(Configuration conf) throws IOException
+    public RingCache(Configuration conf)
     {
         this.conf = conf;
         this.partitioner = ConfigHelper.getOutputPartitioner(conf);
diff --git a/src/java/org/apache/cassandra/hadoop/ColumnFamilyOutputFormat.java b/src/java/org/apache/cassandra/hadoop/ColumnFamilyOutputFormat.java
index 7b6cb0b3be..962c2e97c8 100644
--- a/src/java/org/apache/cassandra/hadoop/ColumnFamilyOutputFormat.java
+++ b/src/java/org/apache/cassandra/hadoop/ColumnFamilyOutputFormat.java
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ public class ColumnFamilyOutputFormat extends OutputFormat<ByteBuffer,List<Mutat
 
     /** Fills the deprecated OutputFormat interface for streaming. */
     @Deprecated @Override
-    public ColumnFamilyRecordWriter getRecordWriter(org.apache.hadoop.fs.FileSystem filesystem, org.apache.hadoop.mapred.JobConf job, String name, org.apache.hadoop.util.Progressable progress) throws IOException
+    public ColumnFamilyRecordWriter getRecordWriter(org.apache.hadoop.fs.FileSystem filesystem, org.apache.hadoop.mapred.JobConf job, String name, org.apache.hadoop.util.Progressable progress)
     {
         return new ColumnFamilyRecordWriter(job, new Progressable(progress));
     }
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ public class ColumnFamilyOutputFormat extends OutputFormat<ByteBuffer,List<Mutat
      * @throws IOException
      */
     @Override
-    public ColumnFamilyRecordWriter getRecordWriter(final TaskAttemptContext context) throws IOException, InterruptedException
+    public ColumnFamilyRecordWriter getRecordWriter(final TaskAttemptContext context) throws InterruptedException
     {
         return new ColumnFamilyRecordWriter(context);
     }
diff --git a/src/java/org/apache/cassandra/hadoop/ColumnFamilyRecordWriter.java b/src/java/org/apache/cassandra/hadoop/ColumnFamilyRecordWriter.java
index 909c291332..10de8ce3fc 100644
--- a/src/java/org/apache/cassandra/hadoop/ColumnFamilyRecordWriter.java
+++ b/src/java/org/apache/cassandra/hadoop/ColumnFamilyRecordWriter.java
@@ -84,21 +84,20 @@ implements org.apache.hadoop.mapred.RecordWriter<ByteBuffer,List<Mutation>>
      * mutations, and the ring cache for the given keyspace.
      *
      * @param context the task attempt context
-     * @throws IOException
      */
-    ColumnFamilyRecordWriter(TaskAttemptContext context) throws IOException
+    ColumnFamilyRecordWriter(TaskAttemptContext context)
     {
         this(context.getConfiguration());
         this.progressable = new Progressable(context);
     }
 
-    ColumnFamilyRecordWriter(Configuration conf, Progressable progressable) throws IOException
+    ColumnFamilyRecordWriter(Configuration conf, Progressable progressable)
     {
         this(conf);
         this.progressable = progressable;
     }
 
-    ColumnFamilyRecordWriter(Configuration conf) throws IOException
+    ColumnFamilyRecordWriter(Configuration conf)
     {
         this.conf = conf;
         this.ringCache = new RingCache(conf);
diff --git a/test/unit/org/apache/cassandra/client/TestRingCache.java b/test/unit/org/apache/cassandra/client/TestRingCache.java
index c16e336620..51a88f8e48 100644
--- a/test/unit/org/apache/cassandra/client/TestRingCache.java
+++ b/test/unit/org/apache/cassandra/client/TestRingCache.java
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@
  */
 package org.apache.cassandra.client;
 
-import java.io.IOException;
 import java.net.InetAddress;
 import java.nio.ByteBuffer;
 import java.util.Collection;
@@ -46,7 +45,7 @@ public class TestRingCache
     private Cassandra.Client thriftClient;
     private Configuration conf;
 
-    public TestRingCache(String keyspace) throws IOException
+    public TestRingCache(String keyspace)
     {
         ConfigHelper.setOutputColumnFamily(conf, keyspace, "Standard1");
     	ringCache = new RingCache(conf);