diff --git a/bundlerepository/src/main/java/org/apache/felix/bundlerepository/impl/SpecXMLPullParser.java b/bundlerepository/src/main/java/org/apache/felix/bundlerepository/impl/SpecXMLPullParser.java
index 340680f..2205186 100644
--- a/bundlerepository/src/main/java/org/apache/felix/bundlerepository/impl/SpecXMLPullParser.java
+++ b/bundlerepository/src/main/java/org/apache/felix/bundlerepository/impl/SpecXMLPullParser.java
@@ -202,7 +202,7 @@
         PullParser.sanityCheckEndElement(reader, event, parentTag);
     }
 
-    private static Object getTypedValue(String type, String value) throws IOException
+    private static Object getTypedValue(String type, String value)
     {
         if (type == null)
             return value;