diff --git a/spring-test-mvc/src/test/java/org/springframework/test/web/servlet/request/MockMultipartHttpServletRequestBuilderTests.java b/spring-test-mvc/src/test/java/org/springframework/test/web/servlet/request/MockMultipartHttpServletRequestBuilderTests.java
index b38f71d8910..e7108df57af 100644
--- a/spring-test-mvc/src/test/java/org/springframework/test/web/servlet/request/MockMultipartHttpServletRequestBuilderTests.java
+++ b/spring-test-mvc/src/test/java/org/springframework/test/web/servlet/request/MockMultipartHttpServletRequestBuilderTests.java
@@ -39,14 +39,8 @@ public class MockMultipartHttpServletRequestBuilderTests {
 		assertEquals(MockMultipartHttpServletRequestBuilder.class, result.getClass());
 
 		MockMultipartHttpServletRequestBuilder builder = (MockMultipartHttpServletRequestBuilder) result;
-		try {
-			MockHttpServletRequest request = builder.buildRequest(new MockServletContext());
-			assertEquals("UTF-8", request.getCharacterEncoding());
-		}
-		catch (NoSuchMethodError err) {
-			// TODO: on JDK 8 - no idea why
-			err.printStackTrace();
-		}
+		MockHttpServletRequest request = builder.buildRequest(new MockServletContext());
+		assertEquals("UTF-8", request.getCharacterEncoding());
 	}
 
 }
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diff --git a/spring-test-mvc/src/test/java/org/springframework/test/web/servlet/samples/standalone/FileUploadControllerTests.java b/spring-test-mvc/src/test/java/org/springframework/test/web/servlet/samples/standalone/FileUploadControllerTests.java
index 6ae141a2ac7..40407f72c13 100644
--- a/spring-test-mvc/src/test/java/org/springframework/test/web/servlet/samples/standalone/FileUploadControllerTests.java
+++ b/spring-test-mvc/src/test/java/org/springframework/test/web/servlet/samples/standalone/FileUploadControllerTests.java
@@ -40,15 +40,9 @@ public class FileUploadControllerTests {
 	@Test
 	public void readString() throws Exception {
 		MockMultipartFile file = new MockMultipartFile("file", "orig", null, "bar".getBytes());
-		try {
-			standaloneSetup(new FileUploadController()).build()
-					.perform(fileUpload("/fileupload").file(file))
-					.andExpect(model().attribute("message", "File 'orig' uploaded successfully"));
-		}
-		catch (NoSuchMethodError err) {
-			// TODO: on JDK 8 - no idea why
-			err.printStackTrace();
-		}
+		standaloneSetup(new FileUploadController()).build()
+				.perform(fileUpload("/fileupload").file(file))
+				.andExpect(model().attribute("message", "File 'orig' uploaded successfully"));
 	}