diff --git a/smack-core/src/main/java/org/jivesoftware/smack/util/LazyStringBuilder.java b/smack-core/src/main/java/org/jivesoftware/smack/util/LazyStringBuilder.java
index 2ca66515a..752fda1cf 100644
--- a/smack-core/src/main/java/org/jivesoftware/smack/util/LazyStringBuilder.java
+++ b/smack-core/src/main/java/org/jivesoftware/smack/util/LazyStringBuilder.java
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 /**
  *
- * Copyright 2014-2017 Florian Schmaus
+ * Copyright 2014-2019 Florian Schmaus
  *
  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -19,13 +19,9 @@ package org.jivesoftware.smack.util;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.Collections;
 import java.util.List;
-import java.util.logging.Level;
-import java.util.logging.Logger;
 
 public class LazyStringBuilder implements Appendable, CharSequence {
 
-    private static final Logger LOGGER = Logger.getLogger(LazyStringBuilder.class.getName());
-
     private final List<CharSequence> list;
 
     private String cache;
@@ -80,8 +76,7 @@ public class LazyStringBuilder implements Appendable, CharSequence {
         }
         catch (NullPointerException npe) {
             StringBuilder sb = safeToStringBuilder();
-            LOGGER.log(Level.SEVERE, "The following LazyStringBuilder threw a NullPointerException:  " + sb, npe);
-            throw npe;
+            throw new RuntimeException("The following LazyStringBuilder threw a NullPointerException:  " + sb, npe);
         }
         return length;
     }