diff --git a/asterix-bad/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/bad/metadata/DeployedJobSpecEventListener.java b/asterix-bad/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/bad/metadata/DeployedJobSpecEventListener.java
index 4598d71..3ec2c43 100644
--- a/asterix-bad/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/bad/metadata/DeployedJobSpecEventListener.java
+++ b/asterix-bad/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/bad/metadata/DeployedJobSpecEventListener.java
@@ -110,7 +110,6 @@
         this.executorService = ses;
     }
 
-
     public ScheduledExecutorService getExecutorService() {
         return executorService;
     }
@@ -192,7 +191,7 @@
     }
 
     @Override
-    public synchronized void subscribe(IActiveEntityEventSubscriber subscriber) throws HyracksDataException {
+    public synchronized void subscribe(IActiveEntityEventSubscriber subscriber) {
         // no op
     }