diff --git a/java/google/registry/rde/RdeReporter.java b/java/google/registry/rde/RdeReporter.java
index 84d074da6..e2011456d 100644
--- a/java/google/registry/rde/RdeReporter.java
+++ b/java/google/registry/rde/RdeReporter.java
@@ -41,7 +41,6 @@ import google.registry.xjc.rdeheader.XjcRdeHeader;
 import google.registry.xjc.rdereport.XjcRdeReportReport;
 import google.registry.xml.XmlException;
 import java.io.ByteArrayInputStream;
-import java.io.IOException;
 import java.net.MalformedURLException;
 import java.net.SocketTimeoutException;
 import java.net.URL;
@@ -68,7 +67,7 @@ public class RdeReporter {
   @Inject RdeReporter() {}
 
   /** Uploads {@code reportBytes} to ICANN. */
-  public void send(byte[] reportBytes) throws IOException, XmlException {
+  public void send(byte[] reportBytes) throws XmlException {
     XjcRdeReportReport report = XjcXmlTransformer.unmarshal(
         XjcRdeReportReport.class, new ByteArrayInputStream(reportBytes));
     XjcRdeHeader header = report.getHeader().getValue();