diff --git a/src/main/java/de/prob/voparser/VOException.java b/src/main/java/de/prob/voparser/VOException.java
deleted file mode 100644
index 918079a305614c9c38a108f87f6de7d490e5c5f9..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/src/main/java/de/prob/voparser/VOException.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,17 +0,0 @@
-package de.prob.voparser;
-
-public class VOException extends RuntimeException {
-	private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
-	
-	public VOException(final String message, final Throwable cause) {
-		super(message, cause);
-	}
-	
-	public VOException(final String message) {
-		this(message, null);
-	}
-	
-	public VOException(final Throwable cause) {
-		this(cause == null ? null : cause.toString(), cause);
-	}
-}
diff --git a/src/main/java/de/prob/voparser/VOParseException.java b/src/main/java/de/prob/voparser/VOParseException.java
index 01cb83f389de2e681932f411bfc5eaa6728fbce7..ff7c4ef1ab2638f74cfa1c318730413b1d68eda8 100644
--- a/src/main/java/de/prob/voparser/VOParseException.java
+++ b/src/main/java/de/prob/voparser/VOParseException.java
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 package de.prob.voparser;
 
-public class VOParseException extends VOException {
+public class VOParseException extends RuntimeException {
 	private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
 	
 	public VOParseException(final String message, final Throwable cause) {