diff --git a/java/org/slub/rosetta/dps/repository/plugin/storage/nfs/SLUBStoragePlugin.java b/java/org/slub/rosetta/dps/repository/plugin/storage/nfs/SLUBStoragePlugin.java
index a6f8a1e4002cad51ffd8946c41a17293f195af4b..39e290366e3085c2240e6632be29cf6b4443af1b 100644
--- a/java/org/slub/rosetta/dps/repository/plugin/storage/nfs/SLUBStoragePlugin.java
+++ b/java/org/slub/rosetta/dps/repository/plugin/storage/nfs/SLUBStoragePlugin.java
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ public class SLUBStoragePlugin extends AbstractStorageHandler {
         return result;
     }
 
-    private boolean checkSpecificFixity(String storedEntityIdentifier, boolean isRelativePath, Fixity fixity) throws IOException, NoSuchAlgorithmException, Exception {
+    private boolean checkSpecificFixity(String storedEntityIdentifier, boolean isRelativePath, Fixity fixity) throws Exception {
         String algorithm = fixity.getAlgorithm();
                     /* HINT: in past versions of Rosetta was a workaround for fixity.getAlgorithm() required,
                              a lowercase string was returned instead of the correct fixity code table entry */