diff --git a/org.eclipse.jgit.test/tst/org/eclipse/jgit/attributes/AttributesNodeWorkingTreeIteratorTest.java b/org.eclipse.jgit.test/tst/org/eclipse/jgit/attributes/AttributesNodeWorkingTreeIteratorTest.java
index 6ad19a249..4215ba23e 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.jgit.test/tst/org/eclipse/jgit/attributes/AttributesNodeWorkingTreeIteratorTest.java
+++ b/org.eclipse.jgit.test/tst/org/eclipse/jgit/attributes/AttributesNodeWorkingTreeIteratorTest.java
@@ -56,7 +56,6 @@ import java.util.Collections;
 import java.util.List;
 
 import org.eclipse.jgit.attributes.Attribute.State;
-import org.eclipse.jgit.errors.CorruptObjectException;
 import org.eclipse.jgit.junit.JGitTestUtil;
 import org.eclipse.jgit.junit.RepositoryTestCase;
 import org.eclipse.jgit.lib.FileMode;
@@ -253,7 +252,7 @@ public class AttributesNodeWorkingTreeIteratorTest extends RepositoryTestCase {
 		writeTrashFile(name, data.toString());
 	}
 
-	private TreeWalk beginWalk() throws CorruptObjectException {
+	private TreeWalk beginWalk() {
 		TreeWalk newWalk = new TreeWalk(db);
 		newWalk.addTree(new FileTreeIterator(db));
 		return newWalk;
diff --git a/org.eclipse.jgit.test/tst/org/eclipse/jgit/ignore/IgnoreNodeTest.java b/org.eclipse.jgit.test/tst/org/eclipse/jgit/ignore/IgnoreNodeTest.java
index 5893d8c40..c026efcde 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.jgit.test/tst/org/eclipse/jgit/ignore/IgnoreNodeTest.java
+++ b/org.eclipse.jgit.test/tst/org/eclipse/jgit/ignore/IgnoreNodeTest.java
@@ -55,7 +55,6 @@ import java.io.InputStream;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.Arrays;
 
-import org.eclipse.jgit.errors.CorruptObjectException;
 import org.eclipse.jgit.ignore.IgnoreNode.MatchResult;
 import org.eclipse.jgit.junit.RepositoryTestCase;
 import org.eclipse.jgit.lib.FileMode;
@@ -509,7 +508,7 @@ public class IgnoreNodeTest extends RepositoryTestCase {
 						.toString());
 	}
 
-	private void beginWalk() throws CorruptObjectException {
+	private void beginWalk() {
 		walk = new TreeWalk(db);
 		walk.addTree(new FileTreeIterator(db));
 	}