diff --git a/smack-core/src/main/java/org/jivesoftware/smack/AbstractXMPPConnection.java b/smack-core/src/main/java/org/jivesoftware/smack/AbstractXMPPConnection.java
index cc8de36da..7d70d8f43 100644
--- a/smack-core/src/main/java/org/jivesoftware/smack/AbstractXMPPConnection.java
+++ b/smack-core/src/main/java/org/jivesoftware/smack/AbstractXMPPConnection.java
@@ -85,7 +85,6 @@ import org.jxmpp.jid.FullJid;
 import org.jxmpp.jid.Jid;
 import org.jxmpp.util.XmppStringUtils;
 import org.xmlpull.v1.XmlPullParser;
-import org.xmlpull.v1.XmlPullParserException;
 
 
 public abstract class AbstractXMPPConnection implements XMPPConnection {
@@ -960,6 +959,10 @@ public abstract class AbstractXMPPConnection implements XMPPConnection {
             stanza = PacketParserUtils.parseStanza(parser);
         }
         catch (Exception e) {
+            // Always re-throw runtime exceptions, they are fatal
+            if (e instanceof RuntimeException) {
+                throw (RuntimeException) e;
+            }
             CharSequence content = PacketParserUtils.parseContentDepth(parser,
                             parserDepth);
             UnparsablePacket message = new UnparsablePacket(content, e);
@@ -1315,8 +1318,7 @@ public abstract class AbstractXMPPConnection implements XMPPConnection {
         }
     }
 
-    protected final void parseFeatures(XmlPullParser parser) throws XmlPullParserException,
-                    IOException, SmackException, InterruptedException {
+    protected final void parseFeatures(XmlPullParser parser) throws Exception {
         streamFeatures.clear();
         final int initialDepth = parser.getDepth();
         while (true) {
diff --git a/smack-core/src/main/java/org/jivesoftware/smack/provider/EmbeddedExtensionProvider.java b/smack-core/src/main/java/org/jivesoftware/smack/provider/EmbeddedExtensionProvider.java
index 0ecb625b2..6b2777c1b 100644
--- a/smack-core/src/main/java/org/jivesoftware/smack/provider/EmbeddedExtensionProvider.java
+++ b/smack-core/src/main/java/org/jivesoftware/smack/provider/EmbeddedExtensionProvider.java
@@ -16,17 +16,14 @@
  */
 package org.jivesoftware.smack.provider;
 
-import java.io.IOException;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.HashMap;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
 
-import org.jivesoftware.smack.SmackException;
 import org.jivesoftware.smack.packet.ExtensionElement;
 import org.jivesoftware.smack.util.PacketParserUtils;
 import org.xmlpull.v1.XmlPullParser;
-import org.xmlpull.v1.XmlPullParserException;
 
 /**
  * 
@@ -84,8 +81,7 @@ import org.xmlpull.v1.XmlPullParserException;
 public abstract class EmbeddedExtensionProvider<PE extends ExtensionElement> extends ExtensionElementProvider<PE> {
 
     @Override
-    public final PE parse(XmlPullParser parser, int initialDepth) throws XmlPullParserException, IOException,
-                    SmackException {
+    public final PE parse(XmlPullParser parser, int initialDepth) throws Exception {
         final String namespace = parser.getNamespace();
         final String name = parser.getName();
         final int attributeCount = parser.getAttributeCount();
diff --git a/smack-core/src/main/java/org/jivesoftware/smack/provider/Provider.java b/smack-core/src/main/java/org/jivesoftware/smack/provider/Provider.java
index 1ba343466..7b4a659eb 100644
--- a/smack-core/src/main/java/org/jivesoftware/smack/provider/Provider.java
+++ b/smack-core/src/main/java/org/jivesoftware/smack/provider/Provider.java
@@ -17,17 +17,13 @@
 
 package org.jivesoftware.smack.provider;
 
-import java.io.IOException;
-
-import org.jivesoftware.smack.SmackException;
 import org.jivesoftware.smack.packet.Element;
 import org.jivesoftware.smack.util.ParserUtils;
 import org.xmlpull.v1.XmlPullParser;
-import org.xmlpull.v1.XmlPullParserException;
 
 public abstract class Provider<E extends Element> {
 
-    public final E parse(XmlPullParser parser) throws XmlPullParserException, IOException, SmackException {
+    public final E parse(XmlPullParser parser) throws Exception{
         // XPP3 calling convention assert: Parser should be at start tag
         ParserUtils.assertAtStartTag(parser);
 
@@ -39,5 +35,5 @@ public abstract class Provider<E extends Element> {
         return e;
     }
 
-    public abstract E parse(XmlPullParser parser, int initialDepth) throws XmlPullParserException, IOException, SmackException;
+    public abstract E parse(XmlPullParser parser, int initialDepth) throws Exception;
 }
diff --git a/smack-core/src/main/java/org/jivesoftware/smack/util/PacketParserUtils.java b/smack-core/src/main/java/org/jivesoftware/smack/util/PacketParserUtils.java
index 70e130147..a9ad69295 100644
--- a/smack-core/src/main/java/org/jivesoftware/smack/util/PacketParserUtils.java
+++ b/smack-core/src/main/java/org/jivesoftware/smack/util/PacketParserUtils.java
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ public class PacketParserUtils {
         return parser;
     }
 
-    public static Stanza parseStanza(String stanza) throws XmlPullParserException, IOException, SmackException {
+    public static Stanza parseStanza(String stanza) throws Exception {
         return parseStanza(getParserFor(stanza));
     }
 
@@ -140,11 +140,9 @@ public class PacketParserUtils {
      *
      * @param parser
      * @return a packet which is either a Message, IQ or Presence.
-     * @throws XmlPullParserException 
-     * @throws SmackException 
-     * @throws IOException 
+     * @throws Exception 
      */
-    public static Stanza parseStanza(XmlPullParser parser) throws XmlPullParserException, IOException, SmackException {
+    public static Stanza parseStanza(XmlPullParser parser) throws Exception {
         ParserUtils.assertAtStartTag(parser);
         final String name = parser.getName();
         switch (name) {
@@ -211,12 +209,10 @@ public class PacketParserUtils {
      *
      * @param parser the XML parser, positioned at the start of a message packet.
      * @return a Message packet.
-     * @throws IOException 
-     * @throws XmlPullParserException 
-     * @throws SmackException 
+     * @throws Exception 
      */
     public static Message parseMessage(XmlPullParser parser)
-                    throws XmlPullParserException, IOException, SmackException {
+                    throws Exception {
         ParserUtils.assertAtStartTag(parser);
         assert(parser.getName().equals(Message.ELEMENT));
 
@@ -513,12 +509,10 @@ public class PacketParserUtils {
      *
      * @param parser the XML parser, positioned at the start of a presence packet.
      * @return a Presence packet.
-     * @throws IOException 
-     * @throws XmlPullParserException 
-     * @throws SmackException 
+     * @throws Exception 
      */
     public static Presence parsePresence(XmlPullParser parser)
-                    throws XmlPullParserException, IOException, SmackException {
+                    throws Exception {
         ParserUtils.assertAtStartTag(parser);
         final int initialDepth = parser.getDepth();
 
@@ -600,7 +594,7 @@ public class PacketParserUtils {
      * @throws IOException 
      * @throws SmackException 
      */
-    public static IQ parseIQ(XmlPullParser parser) throws XmlPullParserException, IOException, SmackException {
+    public static IQ parseIQ(XmlPullParser parser) throws Exception {
         ParserUtils.assertAtStartTag(parser);
         final int initialDepth = parser.getDepth();
         IQ iqPacket = null;
@@ -792,11 +786,9 @@ public class PacketParserUtils {
      *
      * @param parser the XML parser.
      * @return an stream error packet.
-     * @throws XmlPullParserException if an exception occurs while parsing the packet.
-     * @throws SmackException 
+     * @throws Exception if an exception occurs while parsing the packet.
      */
-    public static StreamError parseStreamError(XmlPullParser parser) throws IOException, XmlPullParserException,
-                    SmackException {
+    public static StreamError parseStreamError(XmlPullParser parser) throws Exception {
         final int initialDepth = parser.getDepth();
         List<ExtensionElement> extensions = new ArrayList<ExtensionElement>();
         Map<String, String> descriptiveTexts = null;
@@ -844,12 +836,10 @@ public class PacketParserUtils {
      *
      * @param parser the XML parser.
      * @return an error sub-packet.
-     * @throws IOException 
-     * @throws XmlPullParserException 
-     * @throws SmackException 
+     * @throws Exception 
      */
     public static XMPPError parseError(XmlPullParser parser)
-                    throws XmlPullParserException, IOException, SmackException {
+                    throws Exception {
         final int initialDepth = parser.getDepth();
         Map<String, String> descriptiveTexts = null;
         XMPPError.Condition condition = null;
@@ -898,8 +888,7 @@ public class PacketParserUtils {
      */
     @Deprecated
     public static ExtensionElement parsePacketExtension(String elementName, String namespace,
-                    XmlPullParser parser) throws XmlPullParserException,
-                    IOException, SmackException {
+                    XmlPullParser parser) throws Exception {
         return parseExtensionElement(elementName, namespace, parser);
     }
  
@@ -912,8 +901,7 @@ public class PacketParserUtils {
      * @return an extension element.
      */
     public static ExtensionElement parseExtensionElement(String elementName, String namespace,
-                    XmlPullParser parser) throws XmlPullParserException,
-                    IOException, SmackException {
+                    XmlPullParser parser) throws Exception {
         ParserUtils.assertAtStartTag(parser);
         // See if a provider is registered to handle the extension.
         ExtensionElementProvider<ExtensionElement> provider = ProviderManager.getExtensionProvider(elementName, namespace);
@@ -1017,51 +1005,49 @@ public class PacketParserUtils {
     }
 
     @Deprecated
-    public static void addPacketExtension(Stanza packet, XmlPullParser parser) throws XmlPullParserException,
-                    IOException, SmackException {
+    public static void addPacketExtension(Stanza packet, XmlPullParser parser) throws Exception {
         addExtensionElement(packet, parser);
     }
 
     @Deprecated
     public static void addPacketExtension(Stanza packet, XmlPullParser parser, String elementName, String namespace)
-                    throws XmlPullParserException, IOException, SmackException {
+                    throws Exception {
         addExtensionElement(packet, parser, elementName, namespace);
     }
 
     @Deprecated
     public static void addPacketExtension(Collection<ExtensionElement> collection, XmlPullParser parser)
-                    throws XmlPullParserException, IOException, SmackException {
+                    throws Exception {
         addExtensionElement(collection, parser, parser.getName(), parser.getNamespace());
     }
 
     @Deprecated
     public static void addPacketExtension(Collection<ExtensionElement> collection, XmlPullParser parser,
-                    String elementName, String namespace) throws XmlPullParserException, IOException, SmackException {
+                    String elementName, String namespace) throws Exception {
         addExtensionElement(collection, parser, elementName, namespace);
     }
 
 
     public static void addExtensionElement(Stanza packet, XmlPullParser parser)
-                    throws XmlPullParserException, IOException, SmackException {
+                    throws Exception {
         ParserUtils.assertAtStartTag(parser);
         addExtensionElement(packet, parser, parser.getName(), parser.getNamespace());
     }
 
     public static void addExtensionElement(Stanza packet, XmlPullParser parser, String elementName,
-                    String namespace) throws XmlPullParserException, IOException, SmackException {
+                    String namespace) throws Exception{
         ExtensionElement packetExtension = parseExtensionElement(elementName, namespace, parser);
         packet.addExtension(packetExtension);
     }
 
     public static void addExtensionElement(Collection<ExtensionElement> collection,
-                    XmlPullParser parser) throws XmlPullParserException, IOException,
-                    SmackException {
+                    XmlPullParser parser) throws Exception {
         addExtensionElement(collection, parser, parser.getName(), parser.getNamespace());
     }
 
     public static void addExtensionElement(Collection<ExtensionElement> collection,
                     XmlPullParser parser, String elementName, String namespace)
-                    throws XmlPullParserException, IOException, SmackException {
+                    throws Exception {
         ExtensionElement packetExtension = parseExtensionElement(elementName, namespace, parser);
         collection.add(packetExtension);
     }
diff --git a/smack-core/src/test/java/org/jivesoftware/smack/test/util/TestUtils.java b/smack-core/src/test/java/org/jivesoftware/smack/test/util/TestUtils.java
index c1c03bf00..fd687a95c 100644
--- a/smack-core/src/test/java/org/jivesoftware/smack/test/util/TestUtils.java
+++ b/smack-core/src/test/java/org/jivesoftware/smack/test/util/TestUtils.java
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@ import java.io.IOException;
 import java.io.Reader;
 import java.io.StringReader;
 
-import org.jivesoftware.smack.SmackException;
 import org.jivesoftware.smack.packet.ExtensionElement;
 import org.jivesoftware.smack.util.PacketParserUtils;
 import org.jivesoftware.smack.util.ParserUtils;
@@ -79,13 +78,13 @@ final public class TestUtils {
     }
 
     public static <EE extends ExtensionElement> EE parseExtensionElement(String elementString)
-                    throws XmlPullParserException, IOException, SmackException {
+                    throws Exception {
         return parseExtensionElement(getParser(elementString));
     }
 
     @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
     public static <EE extends ExtensionElement> EE parseExtensionElement(XmlPullParser parser)
-                    throws XmlPullParserException, IOException, SmackException {
+                    throws Exception {
         ParserUtils.assertAtStartTag(parser);
         final String elementName = parser.getName();
         final String namespace = parser.getNamespace();
diff --git a/smack-experimental/src/main/java/org/jivesoftware/smackx/carbons/provider/CarbonManagerProvider.java b/smack-experimental/src/main/java/org/jivesoftware/smackx/carbons/provider/CarbonManagerProvider.java
index 65c90ef63..b3c24a8f2 100644
--- a/smack-experimental/src/main/java/org/jivesoftware/smackx/carbons/provider/CarbonManagerProvider.java
+++ b/smack-experimental/src/main/java/org/jivesoftware/smackx/carbons/provider/CarbonManagerProvider.java
@@ -16,8 +16,6 @@
  */
 package org.jivesoftware.smackx.carbons.provider;
 
-import java.io.IOException;
-
 import org.jivesoftware.smack.SmackException;
 import org.jivesoftware.smack.provider.ExtensionElementProvider;
 import org.jivesoftware.smackx.carbons.packet.CarbonExtension;
@@ -25,7 +23,6 @@ import org.jivesoftware.smackx.carbons.packet.CarbonExtension.Direction;
 import org.jivesoftware.smackx.forward.packet.Forwarded;
 import org.jivesoftware.smackx.forward.provider.ForwardedProvider;
 import org.xmlpull.v1.XmlPullParser;
-import org.xmlpull.v1.XmlPullParserException;
 
 /**
  * This class implements the {@link ExtensionElementProvider} to parse
@@ -40,7 +37,7 @@ public class CarbonManagerProvider extends ExtensionElementProvider<CarbonExtens
 
     @Override
     public CarbonExtension parse(XmlPullParser parser, int initialDepth)
-                    throws SmackException, XmlPullParserException, IOException {
+                    throws Exception {
         Direction dir = Direction.valueOf(parser.getName());
         Forwarded fwd = null;
 
diff --git a/smack-experimental/src/main/java/org/jivesoftware/smackx/hoxt/provider/AbstractHttpOverXmppProvider.java b/smack-experimental/src/main/java/org/jivesoftware/smackx/hoxt/provider/AbstractHttpOverXmppProvider.java
index 6079256c1..a89d80379 100644
--- a/smack-experimental/src/main/java/org/jivesoftware/smackx/hoxt/provider/AbstractHttpOverXmppProvider.java
+++ b/smack-experimental/src/main/java/org/jivesoftware/smackx/hoxt/provider/AbstractHttpOverXmppProvider.java
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@
  */
 package org.jivesoftware.smackx.hoxt.provider;
 
-import org.jivesoftware.smack.SmackException;
 import org.jivesoftware.smack.packet.NamedElement;
 import org.jivesoftware.smack.provider.IQProvider;
 import org.jivesoftware.smack.util.StringUtils;
@@ -55,11 +54,9 @@ public abstract class AbstractHttpOverXmppProvider<H extends AbstractHttpOverXmp
      * @param parser      parser
      * @param elementName name of concrete implementation of this element
      * @param body        parent Body element
-     * @throws IOException 
-     * @throws XmlPullParserException 
-     * @throws SmackException 
+     * @throws Exception 
      */
-    protected void parseHeadersAndData(XmlPullParser parser, String elementName, AbstractHttpOverXmpp body) throws XmlPullParserException, IOException, SmackException {
+    protected void parseHeadersAndData(XmlPullParser parser, String elementName, AbstractHttpOverXmpp body) throws Exception {
         boolean done = false;
 
         while (!done) {
diff --git a/smack-experimental/src/main/java/org/jivesoftware/smackx/hoxt/provider/HttpOverXmppReqProvider.java b/smack-experimental/src/main/java/org/jivesoftware/smackx/hoxt/provider/HttpOverXmppReqProvider.java
index 4cb3d3422..030f3ce5a 100644
--- a/smack-experimental/src/main/java/org/jivesoftware/smackx/hoxt/provider/HttpOverXmppReqProvider.java
+++ b/smack-experimental/src/main/java/org/jivesoftware/smackx/hoxt/provider/HttpOverXmppReqProvider.java
@@ -16,13 +16,9 @@
  */
 package org.jivesoftware.smackx.hoxt.provider;
 
-import java.io.IOException;
-
-import org.jivesoftware.smack.SmackException;
 import org.jivesoftware.smackx.hoxt.packet.HttpMethod;
 import org.jivesoftware.smackx.hoxt.packet.HttpOverXmppReq;
 import org.xmlpull.v1.XmlPullParser;
-import org.xmlpull.v1.XmlPullParserException;
 
 /**
  * Req packet provider.
@@ -38,7 +34,7 @@ public class HttpOverXmppReqProvider extends AbstractHttpOverXmppProvider<HttpOv
 
     @Override
     public HttpOverXmppReq parse(XmlPullParser parser, int initialDepth)
-                    throws XmlPullParserException, IOException, SmackException {
+                    throws Exception {
         String method = parser.getAttributeValue("", ATTRIBUTE_METHOD);
         String resource = parser.getAttributeValue("", ATTRIBUTE_RESOURCE);
         String version = parser.getAttributeValue("", ATTRIBUTE_VERSION);
diff --git a/smack-experimental/src/main/java/org/jivesoftware/smackx/hoxt/provider/HttpOverXmppRespProvider.java b/smack-experimental/src/main/java/org/jivesoftware/smackx/hoxt/provider/HttpOverXmppRespProvider.java
index 40656c09d..f87172c3d 100644
--- a/smack-experimental/src/main/java/org/jivesoftware/smackx/hoxt/provider/HttpOverXmppRespProvider.java
+++ b/smack-experimental/src/main/java/org/jivesoftware/smackx/hoxt/provider/HttpOverXmppRespProvider.java
@@ -16,12 +16,8 @@
  */
 package org.jivesoftware.smackx.hoxt.provider;
 
-import java.io.IOException;
-
-import org.jivesoftware.smack.SmackException;
 import org.jivesoftware.smackx.hoxt.packet.HttpOverXmppResp;
 import org.xmlpull.v1.XmlPullParser;
-import org.xmlpull.v1.XmlPullParserException;
 
 /**
  * Resp packet provider.
@@ -36,7 +32,7 @@ public class HttpOverXmppRespProvider extends AbstractHttpOverXmppProvider<HttpO
 
     @Override
     public HttpOverXmppResp parse(XmlPullParser parser, int initialDepth)
-                    throws XmlPullParserException, IOException, SmackException {
+                    throws Exception {
         String version = parser.getAttributeValue("", ATTRIBUTE_VERSION);
         String statusMessage = parser.getAttributeValue("", ATTRIBUTE_STATUS_MESSAGE);
         String statusCodeString = parser.getAttributeValue("", ATTRIBUTE_STATUS_CODE);
diff --git a/smack-extensions/src/main/java/org/jivesoftware/smackx/bytestreams/ibb/provider/DataPacketProvider.java b/smack-extensions/src/main/java/org/jivesoftware/smackx/bytestreams/ibb/provider/DataPacketProvider.java
index b30c29418..2b97e4a25 100644
--- a/smack-extensions/src/main/java/org/jivesoftware/smackx/bytestreams/ibb/provider/DataPacketProvider.java
+++ b/smack-extensions/src/main/java/org/jivesoftware/smackx/bytestreams/ibb/provider/DataPacketProvider.java
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@ package org.jivesoftware.smackx.bytestreams.ibb.provider;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
 
-import org.jivesoftware.smack.SmackException;
 import org.jivesoftware.smackx.bytestreams.ibb.packet.Data;
 import org.jivesoftware.smackx.bytestreams.ibb.packet.DataPacketExtension;
 import org.xmlpull.v1.XmlPullParser;
@@ -38,8 +37,7 @@ public class DataPacketProvider {
 
         @Override
         public Data parse(XmlPullParser parser, int initialDepth)
-                        throws XmlPullParserException, IOException,
-                        SmackException {
+                        throws Exception {
             DataPacketExtension data = packetExtensionProvider.parse(parser);
             Data iq = new Data(data);
             return iq;
diff --git a/smack-extensions/src/main/java/org/jivesoftware/smackx/commands/provider/AdHocCommandDataProvider.java b/smack-extensions/src/main/java/org/jivesoftware/smackx/commands/provider/AdHocCommandDataProvider.java
index f95c46aca..44c82cafa 100755
--- a/smack-extensions/src/main/java/org/jivesoftware/smackx/commands/provider/AdHocCommandDataProvider.java
+++ b/smack-extensions/src/main/java/org/jivesoftware/smackx/commands/provider/AdHocCommandDataProvider.java
@@ -17,9 +17,6 @@
 
 package org.jivesoftware.smackx.commands.provider;
 
-import java.io.IOException;
-
-import org.jivesoftware.smack.SmackException;
 import org.jivesoftware.smack.packet.XMPPError;
 import org.jivesoftware.smack.provider.IQProvider;
 import org.jivesoftware.smack.provider.ExtensionElementProvider;
@@ -31,7 +28,6 @@ import org.jivesoftware.smackx.commands.AdHocCommandNote;
 import org.jivesoftware.smackx.xdata.packet.DataForm;
 import org.jivesoftware.smackx.xdata.provider.DataFormProvider;
 import org.xmlpull.v1.XmlPullParser;
-import org.xmlpull.v1.XmlPullParserException;
 
 /**
  * The AdHocCommandDataProvider parses AdHocCommandData packets.
@@ -42,7 +38,7 @@ public class AdHocCommandDataProvider extends IQProvider<AdHocCommandData> {
 
     @Override
     public AdHocCommandData parse(XmlPullParser parser, int initialDepth)
-                    throws XmlPullParserException, IOException, SmackException {
+                    throws Exception {
         boolean done = false;
         AdHocCommandData adHocCommandData = new AdHocCommandData();
         DataFormProvider dataFormProvider = new DataFormProvider();
diff --git a/smack-extensions/src/main/java/org/jivesoftware/smackx/disco/provider/DiscoverInfoProvider.java b/smack-extensions/src/main/java/org/jivesoftware/smackx/disco/provider/DiscoverInfoProvider.java
index 40f9587d3..577041633 100644
--- a/smack-extensions/src/main/java/org/jivesoftware/smackx/disco/provider/DiscoverInfoProvider.java
+++ b/smack-extensions/src/main/java/org/jivesoftware/smackx/disco/provider/DiscoverInfoProvider.java
@@ -17,14 +17,10 @@
 
 package org.jivesoftware.smackx.disco.provider;
 
-import java.io.IOException;
-
-import org.jivesoftware.smack.SmackException;
 import org.jivesoftware.smack.provider.IQProvider;
 import org.jivesoftware.smack.util.PacketParserUtils;
 import org.jivesoftware.smackx.disco.packet.DiscoverInfo;
 import org.xmlpull.v1.XmlPullParser;
-import org.xmlpull.v1.XmlPullParserException;
 
 /**
 * The DiscoverInfoProvider parses Service Discovery information packets.
@@ -35,7 +31,7 @@ public class DiscoverInfoProvider extends IQProvider<DiscoverInfo> {
 
     @Override
     public DiscoverInfo parse(XmlPullParser parser, int initialDepth)
-                    throws XmlPullParserException, IOException, SmackException {
+                    throws Exception {
         DiscoverInfo discoverInfo = new DiscoverInfo();
         boolean done = false;
         DiscoverInfo.Identity identity = null;
diff --git a/smack-extensions/src/main/java/org/jivesoftware/smackx/forward/provider/ForwardedProvider.java b/smack-extensions/src/main/java/org/jivesoftware/smackx/forward/provider/ForwardedProvider.java
index 0a2b3a237..fdd0fcc6f 100644
--- a/smack-extensions/src/main/java/org/jivesoftware/smackx/forward/provider/ForwardedProvider.java
+++ b/smack-extensions/src/main/java/org/jivesoftware/smackx/forward/provider/ForwardedProvider.java
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@
  */
 package org.jivesoftware.smackx.forward.provider;
 
-import java.io.IOException;
 import java.util.logging.Logger;
 
 import org.jivesoftware.smack.SmackException;
@@ -28,7 +27,6 @@ import org.jivesoftware.smackx.delay.packet.DelayInformation;
 import org.jivesoftware.smackx.delay.provider.DelayInformationProvider;
 import org.jivesoftware.smackx.forward.packet.Forwarded;
 import org.xmlpull.v1.XmlPullParser;
-import org.xmlpull.v1.XmlPullParserException;
 
 /**
  * This class implements the {@link ExtensionElementProvider} to parse
@@ -41,7 +39,7 @@ public class ForwardedProvider extends ExtensionElementProvider<Forwarded> {
     private static final Logger LOGGER = Logger.getLogger(ForwardedProvider.class.getName());
 
     @Override
-    public Forwarded parse(XmlPullParser parser, int initialDepth) throws XmlPullParserException, IOException, SmackException {
+    public Forwarded parse(XmlPullParser parser, int initialDepth) throws Exception {
         DelayInformation di = null;
         Stanza packet = null;
 
diff --git a/smack-extensions/src/main/java/org/jivesoftware/smackx/iqregister/provider/RegistrationProvider.java b/smack-extensions/src/main/java/org/jivesoftware/smackx/iqregister/provider/RegistrationProvider.java
index 9bdf5f7b6..bf3aa34e0 100644
--- a/smack-extensions/src/main/java/org/jivesoftware/smackx/iqregister/provider/RegistrationProvider.java
+++ b/smack-extensions/src/main/java/org/jivesoftware/smackx/iqregister/provider/RegistrationProvider.java
@@ -16,26 +16,23 @@
  */
 package org.jivesoftware.smackx.iqregister.provider;
 
-import java.io.IOException;
 import java.util.HashMap;
 import java.util.LinkedList;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
 
-import org.jivesoftware.smack.SmackException;
 import org.jivesoftware.smack.packet.IQ;
 import org.jivesoftware.smack.packet.ExtensionElement;
 import org.jivesoftware.smack.provider.IQProvider;
 import org.jivesoftware.smack.util.PacketParserUtils;
 import org.jivesoftware.smackx.iqregister.packet.Registration;
 import org.xmlpull.v1.XmlPullParser;
-import org.xmlpull.v1.XmlPullParserException;
 
 public class RegistrationProvider extends IQProvider<Registration> {
 
     @Override
     public Registration parse(XmlPullParser parser, int initialDepth)
-                    throws XmlPullParserException, IOException, SmackException {
+                    throws Exception {
         String instruction = null;
         Map<String, String> fields = new HashMap<String, String>();
         List<ExtensionElement> packetExtensions = new LinkedList<ExtensionElement>();
diff --git a/smack-extensions/src/main/java/org/jivesoftware/smackx/muc/provider/MUCOwnerProvider.java b/smack-extensions/src/main/java/org/jivesoftware/smackx/muc/provider/MUCOwnerProvider.java
index 9b476b1ad..d565dd582 100644
--- a/smack-extensions/src/main/java/org/jivesoftware/smackx/muc/provider/MUCOwnerProvider.java
+++ b/smack-extensions/src/main/java/org/jivesoftware/smackx/muc/provider/MUCOwnerProvider.java
@@ -17,14 +17,10 @@
 
 package org.jivesoftware.smackx.muc.provider;
 
-import java.io.IOException;
-
-import org.jivesoftware.smack.SmackException;
 import org.jivesoftware.smack.provider.IQProvider;
 import org.jivesoftware.smack.util.PacketParserUtils;
 import org.jivesoftware.smackx.muc.packet.MUCOwner;
 import org.xmlpull.v1.XmlPullParser;
-import org.xmlpull.v1.XmlPullParserException;
 
 /**
  * The MUCOwnerProvider parses MUCOwner packets. (@see MUCOwner)
@@ -35,7 +31,7 @@ public class MUCOwnerProvider extends IQProvider<MUCOwner> {
 
     @Override
     public MUCOwner parse(XmlPullParser parser, int initialDepth)
-                    throws XmlPullParserException, IOException, SmackException {
+                    throws Exception {
         MUCOwner mucOwner = new MUCOwner();
         boolean done = false;
         while (!done) {
diff --git a/smack-extensions/src/main/java/org/jivesoftware/smackx/pep/provider/PEPProvider.java b/smack-extensions/src/main/java/org/jivesoftware/smackx/pep/provider/PEPProvider.java
index 8786bb26f..cc10a6514 100644
--- a/smack-extensions/src/main/java/org/jivesoftware/smackx/pep/provider/PEPProvider.java
+++ b/smack-extensions/src/main/java/org/jivesoftware/smackx/pep/provider/PEPProvider.java
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ public class PEPProvider extends ExtensionElementProvider<ExtensionElement> {
      */
     @Override
     public ExtensionElement parse(XmlPullParser parser, int initialDepth)
-                    throws XmlPullParserException, IOException, SmackException {
+                    throws Exception {
         ExtensionElement pepItem = null;
         boolean done = false;
         while (!done) {
diff --git a/smack-extensions/src/main/java/org/jivesoftware/smackx/pubsub/provider/ItemProvider.java b/smack-extensions/src/main/java/org/jivesoftware/smackx/pubsub/provider/ItemProvider.java
index 490d104b2..971737f77 100644
--- a/smack-extensions/src/main/java/org/jivesoftware/smackx/pubsub/provider/ItemProvider.java
+++ b/smack-extensions/src/main/java/org/jivesoftware/smackx/pubsub/provider/ItemProvider.java
@@ -16,9 +16,6 @@
  */
 package org.jivesoftware.smackx.pubsub.provider;
 
-import java.io.IOException;
-
-import org.jivesoftware.smack.SmackException;
 import org.jivesoftware.smack.packet.ExtensionElement;
 import org.jivesoftware.smack.provider.ExtensionElementProvider;
 import org.jivesoftware.smack.provider.ProviderManager;
@@ -28,7 +25,6 @@ import org.jivesoftware.smackx.pubsub.PayloadItem;
 import org.jivesoftware.smackx.pubsub.SimplePayload;
 import org.jivesoftware.smackx.pubsub.packet.PubSubNamespace;
 import org.xmlpull.v1.XmlPullParser;
-import org.xmlpull.v1.XmlPullParserException;
 
 /**
  * Parses an <b>item</b> element as is defined in both the {@link PubSubNamespace#BASIC} and
@@ -42,7 +38,7 @@ public class ItemProvider extends ExtensionElementProvider<Item>
 {
     @Override
     public Item parse(XmlPullParser parser, int initialDepth)
-                    throws XmlPullParserException, IOException, SmackException {
+                    throws Exception {
         String id = parser.getAttributeValue(null, "id");
         String node = parser.getAttributeValue(null, "node");
 
diff --git a/smack-extensions/src/main/java/org/jivesoftware/smackx/pubsub/provider/PubSubProvider.java b/smack-extensions/src/main/java/org/jivesoftware/smackx/pubsub/provider/PubSubProvider.java
index 48730b8be..1cbe3e600 100644
--- a/smack-extensions/src/main/java/org/jivesoftware/smackx/pubsub/provider/PubSubProvider.java
+++ b/smack-extensions/src/main/java/org/jivesoftware/smackx/pubsub/provider/PubSubProvider.java
@@ -16,16 +16,12 @@
  */
 package org.jivesoftware.smackx.pubsub.provider;
 
-import java.io.IOException;
-
-import org.jivesoftware.smack.SmackException;
 import org.jivesoftware.smack.packet.IQ;
 import org.jivesoftware.smack.provider.IQProvider;
 import org.jivesoftware.smack.util.PacketParserUtils;
 import org.jivesoftware.smackx.pubsub.packet.PubSub;
 import org.jivesoftware.smackx.pubsub.packet.PubSubNamespace;
 import org.xmlpull.v1.XmlPullParser;
-import org.xmlpull.v1.XmlPullParserException;
 
 /**
  * Parses the root pubsub packet extensions of the {@link IQ} packet and returns
@@ -37,7 +33,7 @@ public class PubSubProvider extends IQProvider<PubSub>
 {
     @Override
     public PubSub parse(XmlPullParser parser, int initialDepth)
-                    throws XmlPullParserException, IOException, SmackException {
+                    throws Exception {
         String namespace = parser.getNamespace();
         PubSubNamespace pubSubNamespace = PubSubNamespace.valueOfFromXmlns(namespace);
         PubSub pubsub = new PubSub(pubSubNamespace);
diff --git a/smack-extensions/src/main/java/org/jivesoftware/smackx/search/UserSearch.java b/smack-extensions/src/main/java/org/jivesoftware/smackx/search/UserSearch.java
index aee851516..4df17e8f3 100644
--- a/smack-extensions/src/main/java/org/jivesoftware/smackx/search/UserSearch.java
+++ b/smack-extensions/src/main/java/org/jivesoftware/smackx/search/UserSearch.java
@@ -16,9 +16,6 @@
  */
 package org.jivesoftware.smackx.search;
 
-import java.io.IOException;
-
-import org.jivesoftware.smack.SmackException;
 import org.jivesoftware.smack.SmackException.NoResponseException;
 import org.jivesoftware.smack.SmackException.NotConnectedException;
 import org.jivesoftware.smack.XMPPConnection;
@@ -32,7 +29,6 @@ import org.jivesoftware.smackx.xdata.FormField;
 import org.jivesoftware.smackx.xdata.packet.DataForm;
 import org.jxmpp.jid.DomainBareJid;
 import org.xmlpull.v1.XmlPullParser;
-import org.xmlpull.v1.XmlPullParserException;
 
 /**
  * Implements the protocol currently used to search information repositories on the Jabber network. To date, the jabber:iq:search protocol
@@ -127,7 +123,7 @@ public class UserSearch extends SimpleIQ {
 
         // FIXME this provider does return two different types of IQs
         @Override
-        public IQ parse(XmlPullParser parser, int initialDepth) throws XmlPullParserException, IOException, SmackException {
+        public IQ parse(XmlPullParser parser, int initialDepth) throws Exception {
             UserSearch search = null;
             SimpleUserSearch simpleUserSearch = new SimpleUserSearch();
 
@@ -163,7 +159,7 @@ public class UserSearch extends SimpleIQ {
 
     private static void buildDataForm(SimpleUserSearch search,
                     String instructions, XmlPullParser parser)
-                    throws XmlPullParserException, IOException, SmackException {
+                    throws Exception {
         DataForm dataForm = new DataForm(DataForm.Type.form);
         boolean done = false;
         dataForm.setTitle("User Search");
diff --git a/smack-extensions/src/main/java/org/jivesoftware/smackx/si/provider/StreamInitiationProvider.java b/smack-extensions/src/main/java/org/jivesoftware/smackx/si/provider/StreamInitiationProvider.java
index b26af9e84..85495ee0f 100644
--- a/smack-extensions/src/main/java/org/jivesoftware/smackx/si/provider/StreamInitiationProvider.java
+++ b/smack-extensions/src/main/java/org/jivesoftware/smackx/si/provider/StreamInitiationProvider.java
@@ -16,13 +16,11 @@
  */
 package org.jivesoftware.smackx.si.provider;
 
-import java.io.IOException;
 import java.text.ParseException;
 import java.util.Date;
 import java.util.logging.Level;
 import java.util.logging.Logger;
 
-import org.jivesoftware.smack.SmackException;
 import org.jivesoftware.smack.provider.IQProvider;
 import org.jxmpp.util.XmppDateTime;
 import org.jivesoftware.smackx.si.packet.StreamInitiation;
@@ -30,7 +28,6 @@ import org.jivesoftware.smackx.si.packet.StreamInitiation.File;
 import org.jivesoftware.smackx.xdata.packet.DataForm;
 import org.jivesoftware.smackx.xdata.provider.DataFormProvider;
 import org.xmlpull.v1.XmlPullParser;
-import org.xmlpull.v1.XmlPullParserException;
 
 /**
  * The StreamInitiationProvider parses StreamInitiation packets.
@@ -43,7 +40,7 @@ public class StreamInitiationProvider extends IQProvider<StreamInitiation> {
 
     @Override
     public StreamInitiation parse(XmlPullParser parser, int initialDepth)
-                    throws XmlPullParserException, IOException, SmackException {
+                    throws Exception {
 		boolean done = false;
 
 		// si
diff --git a/smack-extensions/src/main/java/org/jivesoftware/smackx/xdata/provider/DataFormProvider.java b/smack-extensions/src/main/java/org/jivesoftware/smackx/xdata/provider/DataFormProvider.java
index 3c44e3b8e..1c84c3cda 100644
--- a/smack-extensions/src/main/java/org/jivesoftware/smackx/xdata/provider/DataFormProvider.java
+++ b/smack-extensions/src/main/java/org/jivesoftware/smackx/xdata/provider/DataFormProvider.java
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@
 
 package org.jivesoftware.smackx.xdata.provider;
 
-import org.jivesoftware.smack.SmackException;
 import org.jivesoftware.smack.provider.ExtensionElementProvider;
 import org.jivesoftware.smack.roster.packet.RosterPacket;
 import org.jivesoftware.smack.roster.provider.RosterPacketProvider;
@@ -42,8 +41,8 @@ import java.util.List;
 public class DataFormProvider extends ExtensionElementProvider<DataForm> {
 
     @Override
-    public DataForm parse(XmlPullParser parser, int initialDepth) throws XmlPullParserException, IOException,
-                    SmackException {
+    public DataForm parse(XmlPullParser parser, int initialDepth) throws
+                    Exception {
         DataForm.Type dataFormType = DataForm.Type.fromString(parser.getAttributeValue("", "type"));
         DataForm dataForm = new DataForm(dataFormType);
         outerloop: while (true) {
diff --git a/smack-extensions/src/test/java/org/jivesoftware/smackx/caps/provider/CapsExtensionProviderTest.java b/smack-extensions/src/test/java/org/jivesoftware/smackx/caps/provider/CapsExtensionProviderTest.java
index 88e8afa98..6d8ac15a1 100644
--- a/smack-extensions/src/test/java/org/jivesoftware/smackx/caps/provider/CapsExtensionProviderTest.java
+++ b/smack-extensions/src/test/java/org/jivesoftware/smackx/caps/provider/CapsExtensionProviderTest.java
@@ -18,19 +18,15 @@ package org.jivesoftware.smackx.caps.provider;
 
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertNotNull;
 
-import java.io.IOException;
-
-import org.jivesoftware.smack.SmackException;
 import org.jivesoftware.smack.test.util.TestUtils;
 import org.jivesoftware.smackx.InitExtensions;
 import org.jivesoftware.smackx.caps.packet.CapsExtension;
 import org.junit.Test;
-import org.xmlpull.v1.XmlPullParserException;
 
 public class CapsExtensionProviderTest extends InitExtensions {
 
     @Test
-    public void parseTest() throws XmlPullParserException, IOException, SmackException {
+    public void parseTest() throws Exception {
         // @formatter:off
         final String capsExtensionString =
             "<c xmlns='http://jabber.org/protocol/caps'"
diff --git a/smack-extensions/src/test/java/org/jivesoftware/smackx/xdata/packet/DataFormTest.java b/smack-extensions/src/test/java/org/jivesoftware/smackx/xdata/packet/DataFormTest.java
index 6e52115f6..423ee5fe7 100644
--- a/smack-extensions/src/test/java/org/jivesoftware/smackx/xdata/packet/DataFormTest.java
+++ b/smack-extensions/src/test/java/org/jivesoftware/smackx/xdata/packet/DataFormTest.java
@@ -19,9 +19,6 @@ package org.jivesoftware.smackx.xdata.packet;
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertNotNull;
 
-import java.io.IOException;
-
-import org.jivesoftware.smack.SmackException;
 import org.jivesoftware.smack.packet.Element;
 import org.jivesoftware.smack.util.PacketParserUtils;
 import org.jivesoftware.smackx.xdata.FormField;
@@ -35,7 +32,6 @@ import org.jivesoftware.smackx.xdatavalidation.packet.ValidateElement;
 import org.jivesoftware.smackx.xdatavalidation.packet.ValidateElement.RangeValidateElement;
 import org.junit.Test;
 import org.xmlpull.v1.XmlPullParser;
-import org.xmlpull.v1.XmlPullParserException;
 
 /**
  * Unit tests for DataForm reading and parsing.
@@ -51,7 +47,7 @@ public class DataFormTest {
     DataFormProvider pr = new DataFormProvider();
 
     @Test
-    public void test() throws XmlPullParserException, IOException, SmackException {
+    public void test() throws Exception {
         //Build a Form
         DataForm df = new DataForm(DataForm.Type.submit);
         String instruction = "InstructionTest1";
@@ -78,7 +74,7 @@ public class DataFormTest {
     }
 
     @Test
-    public void testLayout() throws XmlPullParserException, IOException, SmackException {
+    public void testLayout() throws Exception {
         //Build a Form
         DataForm df = new DataForm(DataForm.Type.submit);
         String instruction = "InstructionTest1";
@@ -120,7 +116,7 @@ public class DataFormTest {
     }
 
     @Test
-    public void testValidation() throws XmlPullParserException, IOException, SmackException {
+    public void testValidation() throws Exception {
         //Build a Form
         DataForm df = new DataForm(DataForm.Type.submit);
         String instruction = "InstructionTest1";
@@ -154,7 +150,7 @@ public class DataFormTest {
     }
 
     @Test
-    public void testFixedField() throws XmlPullParserException, IOException, SmackException {
+    public void testFixedField() throws Exception {
         final String formWithFixedField = "<x xmlns='jabber:x:data' type='submit'><instructions>InstructionTest1</instructions><field type='fixed'></field></x>";
         DataForm df = pr.parse(PacketParserUtils.getParserFor(formWithFixedField));
         assertEquals(Type.fixed, df.getFields().get(0).getType());
diff --git a/smack-extensions/src/test/java/org/jivesoftware/smackx/xdatalayout/packet/DataLayoutTest.java b/smack-extensions/src/test/java/org/jivesoftware/smackx/xdatalayout/packet/DataLayoutTest.java
index dff43d1a6..e1324cda0 100644
--- a/smack-extensions/src/test/java/org/jivesoftware/smackx/xdatalayout/packet/DataLayoutTest.java
+++ b/smack-extensions/src/test/java/org/jivesoftware/smackx/xdatalayout/packet/DataLayoutTest.java
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ public class DataLayoutTest {
     private static final String TEST_INPUT_1 = "xdata-layout-sample.xml";
 
     @Test
-    public void testLayout() throws XmlPullParserException, IOException, SmackException {
+    public void testLayout() throws Exception {
         DataLayout layout = new DataLayout("Label");
         Fieldref reffield = new Fieldref("testField1");
         layout.getPageLayout().add(reffield);
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ public class DataLayoutTest {
     }
 
     @Test
-    public void testLayoutFromFile() throws XmlPullParserException, IOException, SmackException {
+    public void testLayoutFromFile() throws Exception {
         DataFormProvider pr = new DataFormProvider();
         
         XmlPullParser parser = PacketParserUtils.newXmppParser();
diff --git a/smack-jingle-old/src/main/java/org/jivesoftware/smackx/jingleold/provider/JingleProvider.java b/smack-jingle-old/src/main/java/org/jivesoftware/smackx/jingleold/provider/JingleProvider.java
index b2d522b3c..164957c56 100644
--- a/smack-jingle-old/src/main/java/org/jivesoftware/smackx/jingleold/provider/JingleProvider.java
+++ b/smack-jingle-old/src/main/java/org/jivesoftware/smackx/jingleold/provider/JingleProvider.java
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ public class JingleProvider extends IQProvider<Jingle> {
      */
     @Override
     public Jingle parse(XmlPullParser parser, int intialDepth)
-                    throws XmlPullParserException, IOException, SmackException {
+                    throws Exception {
 
         Jingle jingle = new Jingle();
         String sid = "";
diff --git a/smack-legacy/src/main/java/org/jivesoftware/smackx/workgroup/ext/forms/WorkgroupForm.java b/smack-legacy/src/main/java/org/jivesoftware/smackx/workgroup/ext/forms/WorkgroupForm.java
index 29c585151..d856dbabd 100644
--- a/smack-legacy/src/main/java/org/jivesoftware/smackx/workgroup/ext/forms/WorkgroupForm.java
+++ b/smack-legacy/src/main/java/org/jivesoftware/smackx/workgroup/ext/forms/WorkgroupForm.java
@@ -17,14 +17,10 @@
 
 package org.jivesoftware.smackx.workgroup.ext.forms;
 
-import java.io.IOException;
-
-import org.jivesoftware.smack.SmackException;
 import org.jivesoftware.smack.packet.SimpleIQ;
 import org.jivesoftware.smack.provider.IQProvider;
 import org.jivesoftware.smack.util.PacketParserUtils;
 import org.xmlpull.v1.XmlPullParser;
-import org.xmlpull.v1.XmlPullParserException;
 
 public class WorkgroupForm extends SimpleIQ {
 
@@ -51,8 +47,7 @@ public class WorkgroupForm extends SimpleIQ {
 
         @Override
         public WorkgroupForm parse(XmlPullParser parser, int initialDepth)
-                        throws XmlPullParserException, IOException,
-                        SmackException {
+                        throws Exception {
             WorkgroupForm answer = new WorkgroupForm();
 
             boolean done = false;
diff --git a/smack-legacy/src/main/java/org/jivesoftware/smackx/workgroup/packet/OfferRequestProvider.java b/smack-legacy/src/main/java/org/jivesoftware/smackx/workgroup/packet/OfferRequestProvider.java
index 2429f2aea..0f99ad1e4 100644
--- a/smack-legacy/src/main/java/org/jivesoftware/smackx/workgroup/packet/OfferRequestProvider.java
+++ b/smack-legacy/src/main/java/org/jivesoftware/smackx/workgroup/packet/OfferRequestProvider.java
@@ -23,16 +23,13 @@ import org.jivesoftware.smackx.workgroup.agent.OfferContent;
 import org.jivesoftware.smackx.workgroup.agent.TransferRequest;
 import org.jivesoftware.smackx.workgroup.agent.UserRequest;
 import org.jivesoftware.smackx.workgroup.util.MetaDataUtils;
-import org.jivesoftware.smack.SmackException;
 import org.jivesoftware.smack.packet.IQ;
 import org.jivesoftware.smack.provider.IQProvider;
 import org.jivesoftware.smack.util.PacketParserUtils;
 import org.jivesoftware.smack.util.ParserUtils;
 import org.jxmpp.jid.Jid;
 import org.xmlpull.v1.XmlPullParser;
-import org.xmlpull.v1.XmlPullParserException;
 
-import java.io.IOException;
 import java.util.HashMap;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
@@ -49,7 +46,7 @@ public class OfferRequestProvider extends IQProvider<IQ> {
     // happen anytime soon.
 
     @Override
-    public OfferRequestPacket parse(XmlPullParser parser, int initialDepth) throws XmlPullParserException, IOException, SmackException {
+    public OfferRequestPacket parse(XmlPullParser parser, int initialDepth) throws Exception {
         int eventType = parser.getEventType();
         String sessionID = null;
         int timeout = -1;
diff --git a/smack-legacy/src/main/java/org/jivesoftware/smackx/workgroup/packet/TranscriptProvider.java b/smack-legacy/src/main/java/org/jivesoftware/smackx/workgroup/packet/TranscriptProvider.java
index 4af4cf70b..807ba2973 100644
--- a/smack-legacy/src/main/java/org/jivesoftware/smackx/workgroup/packet/TranscriptProvider.java
+++ b/smack-legacy/src/main/java/org/jivesoftware/smackx/workgroup/packet/TranscriptProvider.java
@@ -17,14 +17,11 @@
 
 package org.jivesoftware.smackx.workgroup.packet;
 
-import org.jivesoftware.smack.SmackException;
 import org.jivesoftware.smack.provider.IQProvider;
 import org.jivesoftware.smack.packet.Stanza;
 import org.jivesoftware.smack.util.PacketParserUtils;
 import org.xmlpull.v1.XmlPullParser;
-import org.xmlpull.v1.XmlPullParserException;
 
-import java.io.IOException;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.List;
 
@@ -36,7 +33,7 @@ import java.util.List;
 public class TranscriptProvider extends IQProvider<Transcript> {
 
     @Override
-    public Transcript parse(XmlPullParser parser, int initialDepth) throws XmlPullParserException, IOException, SmackException {
+    public Transcript parse(XmlPullParser parser, int initialDepth) throws Exception {
         String sessionID = parser.getAttributeValue("", "sessionID");
         List<Stanza> packets = new ArrayList<Stanza>();
 
diff --git a/smack-legacy/src/main/java/org/jivesoftware/smackx/workgroup/packet/TranscriptSearch.java b/smack-legacy/src/main/java/org/jivesoftware/smackx/workgroup/packet/TranscriptSearch.java
index 79fd4c2d1..377935891 100644
--- a/smack-legacy/src/main/java/org/jivesoftware/smackx/workgroup/packet/TranscriptSearch.java
+++ b/smack-legacy/src/main/java/org/jivesoftware/smackx/workgroup/packet/TranscriptSearch.java
@@ -17,14 +17,10 @@
 
 package org.jivesoftware.smackx.workgroup.packet;
 
-import java.io.IOException;
-
-import org.jivesoftware.smack.SmackException;
 import org.jivesoftware.smack.packet.SimpleIQ;
 import org.jivesoftware.smack.provider.IQProvider;
 import org.jivesoftware.smack.util.PacketParserUtils;
 import org.xmlpull.v1.XmlPullParser;
-import org.xmlpull.v1.XmlPullParserException;
 
 /**
  * IQ packet for retrieving the transcript search form, submiting the completed search form
@@ -56,7 +52,7 @@ public class TranscriptSearch extends SimpleIQ {
     public static class Provider extends IQProvider<TranscriptSearch> {
 
         @Override
-        public TranscriptSearch parse(XmlPullParser parser, int initialDepth) throws XmlPullParserException, IOException, SmackException {
+        public TranscriptSearch parse(XmlPullParser parser, int initialDepth) throws Exception {
             TranscriptSearch answer = new TranscriptSearch();
 
             boolean done = false;