Index: modules/luni/src/test/java/tests/api/java/util/UnknownFormatConversionExceptionTest.java =================================================================== --- modules/luni/src/test/java/tests/api/java/util/UnknownFormatConversionExceptionTest.java (revision 421286) +++ modules/luni/src/test/java/tests/api/java/util/UnknownFormatConversionExceptionTest.java (working copy) @@ -35,9 +35,8 @@ String s = null; UnknownFormatConversionException UnknownFormatConversionException = new UnknownFormatConversionException( s); - fail("should throw NullPointerExcepiton"); } catch (NullPointerException e) { - // expected + fail("should not throw NullPointerExcepiton"); } } Index: modules/luni/src/main/java/java/util/UnknownFormatConversionException.java =================================================================== --- modules/luni/src/main/java/java/util/UnknownFormatConversionException.java (revision 421286) +++ modules/luni/src/main/java/java/util/UnknownFormatConversionException.java (working copy) @@ -33,9 +33,6 @@ * The unknown format conversion */ public UnknownFormatConversionException(String s) { - if (null == s) { - throw new NullPointerException(); - } this.s = s; }