1 files changed, 1 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/java/src/IceUtilInternal/StringUtil.java b/java/src/IceUtilInternal/StringUtil.java
index c1494751be9..ca761e33811 100644
--- a/java/src/IceUtilInternal/StringUtil.java
+++ b/java/src/IceUtilInternal/StringUtil.java
@@ -360,9 +360,7 @@ public final class StringUtil
         }
         catch(java.io.UnsupportedEncodingException ex)
         {
-            IllegalArgumentException e = new IllegalArgumentException("unsupported encoding");
-            e.initCause(ex);
-            throw e;
+            throw new IllegalArgumentException("unsupported encoding", ex);
         }
     }