diff --git a/transport/http/src/main/java/org/kaazing/gateway/transport/http/HttpConnector.java b/transport/http/src/main/java/org/kaazing/gateway/transport/http/HttpConnector.java
index <HASH>..<HASH> 100644
--- a/transport/http/src/main/java/org/kaazing/gateway/transport/http/HttpConnector.java
+++ b/transport/http/src/main/java/org/kaazing/gateway/transport/http/HttpConnector.java
@@ -446,8 +446,7 @@ public class HttpConnector extends AbstractBridgeConnector<DefaultHttpSession> {
             }
         }
 
-        private void doRedirectReceived(final IoSessionEx session, DefaultHttpSession httpSession, HttpMessage httpContent)
-                throws URISyntaxException {
+        private void doRedirectReceived(final IoSessionEx session, DefaultHttpSession httpSession, HttpMessage httpContent) {
             if (httpContent.isComplete()) {
                 if (shouldFollowRedirects(httpSession)) {
                     followRedirect(httpSession, session);
Removed unneeded throws from HttpConnector#doRedirectReceived