diff --git a/group-coordinator/src/main/java/org/apache/kafka/coordinator/group/GroupMetadataManager.java b/group-coordinator/src/main/java/org/apache/kafka/coordinator/group/GroupMetadataManager.java
index 9c9500485b1..0879283931a 100644
--- a/group-coordinator/src/main/java/org/apache/kafka/coordinator/group/GroupMetadataManager.java
+++ b/group-coordinator/src/main/java/org/apache/kafka/coordinator/group/GroupMetadataManager.java
@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@ import org.apache.kafka.common.errors.GroupIdNotFoundException;
 import org.apache.kafka.common.errors.GroupMaxSizeReachedException;
 import org.apache.kafka.common.errors.IllegalGenerationException;
 import org.apache.kafka.common.errors.InconsistentGroupProtocolException;
-import org.apache.kafka.common.errors.InvalidRegularExpression;
 import org.apache.kafka.common.errors.InvalidRequestException;
 import org.apache.kafka.common.errors.RebalanceInProgressException;
 import org.apache.kafka.common.errors.UnknownMemberIdException;
@@ -3036,14 +3035,13 @@ public class GroupMetadataManager {
      * @param records       The list to accumulate any new records.
      * @return A boolean indicating whether the updatedMember has a different
      *         subscribedTopicNames from the old member.
-     * @throws InvalidRegularExpression if the regular expression is invalid.
      */
     private boolean hasMemberSubscriptionChanged(
         String groupId,
         ConsumerGroupMember member,
         ConsumerGroupMember updatedMember,
         List<CoordinatorRecord> records
-    ) throws InvalidRegularExpression {
+    ) {
         String memberId = updatedMember.memberId();
         if (!updatedMember.equals(member)) {
             records.add(newConsumerGroupMemberSubscriptionRecord(groupId, updatedMember));