diff --git a/src/helma/objectmodel/IDatabase.java b/src/helma/objectmodel/IDatabase.java
index a9a7e2da..62b24625 100644
--- a/src/helma/objectmodel/IDatabase.java
+++ b/src/helma/objectmodel/IDatabase.java
@@ -19,8 +19,6 @@ package helma.objectmodel;
 import helma.objectmodel.INode;
 import helma.objectmodel.db.IDGenerator;
 import java.io.IOException;
-import org.xml.sax.SAXException;
-import javax.xml.parsers.ParserConfigurationException;
 
 /**
  * Interface that is implemented by Database wrappers
@@ -57,8 +55,7 @@ public interface IDatabase {
 
     // node-related
     public INode getNode(ITransaction transaction, String key)
-                  throws IOException, ObjectNotFoundException,
-                         SAXException, ParserConfigurationException;
+                  throws IOException, ObjectNotFoundException;
 
     /**
      *
diff --git a/src/helma/objectmodel/db/XmlDatabase.java b/src/helma/objectmodel/db/XmlDatabase.java
index 897b4f19..a96d09ea 100644
--- a/src/helma/objectmodel/db/XmlDatabase.java
+++ b/src/helma/objectmodel/db/XmlDatabase.java
@@ -20,9 +20,7 @@ import helma.objectmodel.*;
 import helma.objectmodel.dom.IDGenParser;
 import helma.objectmodel.dom.XmlDatabaseReader;
 import helma.objectmodel.dom.XmlWriter;
-import org.xml.sax.SAXException;
 
-import javax.xml.parsers.ParserConfigurationException;
 import java.io.File;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
@@ -162,12 +160,9 @@ public final class XmlDatabase implements IDatabase {
      * @return
      * @throws IOException
      * @throws ObjectNotFoundException
-     * @throws ParserConfigurationException
-     * @throws SAXException
      */
     public INode getNode(ITransaction txn, String kstr)
-                  throws IOException, ObjectNotFoundException,
-                         ParserConfigurationException, SAXException {
+                  throws IOException, ObjectNotFoundException {
         File f = new File(dbHomeDir, kstr + ".xml");
 
         if (!f.exists()) {