diff --git a/sigil/common/osgi/src/org/apache/felix/sigil/common/osgi/LDAPParseException.java b/sigil/common/osgi/src/org/apache/felix/sigil/common/osgi/LDAPParseException.java
index 109a791..6cbce7a 100644
--- a/sigil/common/osgi/src/org/apache/felix/sigil/common/osgi/LDAPParseException.java
+++ b/sigil/common/osgi/src/org/apache/felix/sigil/common/osgi/LDAPParseException.java
@@ -20,13 +20,9 @@
 package org.apache.felix.sigil.common.osgi;
 
 
-public class LDAPParseException extends Exception
+public class LDAPParseException extends RuntimeException
 {
-
-    /**
-     * 
-     */
-    private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
+    private static final long serialVersionUID = 2L;
 
     private ParseState ps;
     private static final String LINE_SEPARATOR = System.getProperty( "line.separator", "\\r\\n" );
diff --git a/sigil/common/osgi/src/org/apache/felix/sigil/common/osgi/ParseState.java b/sigil/common/osgi/src/org/apache/felix/sigil/common/osgi/ParseState.java
index 46e98fd..5bfb77b 100644
--- a/sigil/common/osgi/src/org/apache/felix/sigil/common/osgi/ParseState.java
+++ b/sigil/common/osgi/src/org/apache/felix/sigil/common/osgi/ParseState.java
@@ -29,9 +29,6 @@
  */
 class ParseState implements Serializable
 {
-    /**
-     * 
-     */
     private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
 
     int pos;