diff --git a/src/main/java/org/jboss/netty/handler/codec/serialization/CompactObjectInputStream.java b/src/main/java/org/jboss/netty/handler/codec/serialization/CompactObjectInputStream.java
index a3e2c9dbe7..27fd6f2ada 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/jboss/netty/handler/codec/serialization/CompactObjectInputStream.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/jboss/netty/handler/codec/serialization/CompactObjectInputStream.java
@@ -46,8 +46,7 @@ class CompactObjectInputStream extends ObjectInputStream {
     }
 
     @Override
-    protected void readStreamHeader() throws IOException,
-            StreamCorruptedException {
+    protected void readStreamHeader() throws IOException {
         int version = readByte() & 0xFF;
         if (version != STREAM_VERSION) {
             throw new StreamCorruptedException(