diff --git a/src/main/java/com/avaje/ebeaninternal/server/deploy/BeanProperty.java b/src/main/java/com/avaje/ebeaninternal/server/deploy/BeanProperty.java
index 6ec77fe07..04b5c101d 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/avaje/ebeaninternal/server/deploy/BeanProperty.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/avaje/ebeaninternal/server/deploy/BeanProperty.java
@@ -518,7 +518,7 @@ public class BeanProperty implements ElPropertyValue {
     scalarType.loadIgnore(ctx.getDataReader());
   }
 
-  public void load(SqlBeanLoad sqlBeanLoad) throws SQLException {
+  public void load(SqlBeanLoad sqlBeanLoad) {
     sqlBeanLoad.load(this);
   }
 
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/avaje/ebeaninternal/server/persist/BatchedPstmt.java b/src/main/java/com/avaje/ebeaninternal/server/persist/BatchedPstmt.java
index fd82116fb..90c9fa5d1 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/avaje/ebeaninternal/server/persist/BatchedPstmt.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/avaje/ebeaninternal/server/persist/BatchedPstmt.java
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ public class BatchedPstmt {
     }
   }
 
-  private void postExecute() throws SQLException {
+  private void postExecute() {
     for (int i = 0; i < list.size(); i++) {
       list.get(i).postExecute();
     }
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/avaje/ebeaninternal/server/persist/dml/DmlHandler.java b/src/main/java/com/avaje/ebeaninternal/server/persist/dml/DmlHandler.java
index cc838bbd3..c88cf50cb 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/avaje/ebeaninternal/server/persist/dml/DmlHandler.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/avaje/ebeaninternal/server/persist/dml/DmlHandler.java
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ public abstract class DmlHandler implements PersistHandler, BindableRequest {
   /**
    * Check the rowCount.
    */
-  protected void checkRowCount(int rowCount) throws SQLException, OptimisticLockException {
+  protected void checkRowCount(int rowCount) throws OptimisticLockException {
     try {
       persistRequest.checkRowCount(rowCount);
       persistRequest.postExecute();