diff --git a/src/processing/mode/android/AndroidMode.java b/src/processing/mode/android/AndroidMode.java
index 91ccd14b7..76ce37c32 100644
--- a/src/processing/mode/android/AndroidMode.java
+++ b/src/processing/mode/android/AndroidMode.java
@@ -124,8 +124,6 @@ protected File getCoreZipLocation() {
   public void loadSDK() {
     try {
       sdk = AndroidSDK.load();
-    } catch (BadSDKException e) {
-      e.printStackTrace();
     } catch (IOException e) {
       e.printStackTrace();
     }
diff --git a/src/processing/mode/android/AndroidSDK.java b/src/processing/mode/android/AndroidSDK.java
index 50f784d87..f04df1a20 100644
--- a/src/processing/mode/android/AndroidSDK.java
+++ b/src/processing/mode/android/AndroidSDK.java
@@ -206,7 +206,7 @@ private static File findAndroidTool(final File tools) throws BadSDKException {
    * @throws BadSDKException
    * @throws IOException
    */
-  public static AndroidSDK load() throws BadSDKException, IOException {
+  public static AndroidSDK load() throws IOException {
     // The environment variable is king. The preferences.txt entry is a page.
     final String sdkEnvPath = Platform.getenv("ANDROID_SDK");
     if (sdkEnvPath != null) {