diff --git a/hyracks-fullstack/algebricks/algebricks-data/pom.xml b/hyracks-fullstack/algebricks/algebricks-data/pom.xml
index 81edbda..8ca0765 100644
--- a/hyracks-fullstack/algebricks/algebricks-data/pom.xml
+++ b/hyracks-fullstack/algebricks/algebricks-data/pom.xml
@@ -54,11 +54,6 @@
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.hyracks</groupId>
-      <artifactId>hyracks-util</artifactId>
-      <version>${project.version}</version>
-    </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>org.apache.hyracks</groupId>
       <artifactId>hyracks-api</artifactId>
       <version>${project.version}</version>
     </dependency>
diff --git a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-api/pom.xml b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-api/pom.xml
index 047f066..131731d 100644
--- a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-api/pom.xml
+++ b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-api/pom.xml
@@ -65,6 +65,13 @@
       <version>${project.version}</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.apache.hyracks</groupId>
+      <artifactId>hyracks-util</artifactId>
+      <version>${project.version}</version>
+      <type>test-jar</type>
+      <scope>test</scope>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
       <groupId>org.mockito</groupId>
       <artifactId>mockito-core</artifactId>
       <scope>test</scope>
diff --git a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-api/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/api/exceptions/ErrorCode.java b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-api/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/api/exceptions/ErrorCode.java
index 7291473..8170f07 100644
--- a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-api/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/api/exceptions/ErrorCode.java
+++ b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-api/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/api/exceptions/ErrorCode.java
@@ -154,6 +154,7 @@
     PARSING_ERROR(124),
     INVALID_INVERTED_LIST_TYPE_TRAITS(125),
     ILLEGAL_STATE(126),
+    INVALID_STRING_UNICODE(127),
 
     // Compilation error codes.
     RULECOLLECTION_NOT_INSTANCE_OF_LIST(10000),
diff --git a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-api/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/api/exceptions/HyracksException.java b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-api/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/api/exceptions/HyracksException.java
index 977e5d2..12f1095 100644
--- a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-api/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/api/exceptions/HyracksException.java
+++ b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-api/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/api/exceptions/HyracksException.java
@@ -158,6 +158,10 @@
         return message;
     }
 
+    public String getMessageNoCode() {
+        return ErrorMessageUtil.getMessageNoCode(component, getMessage());
+    }
+
     @Override
     public String toString() {
         return getLocalizedMessage();
diff --git a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-api/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/api/util/ErrorMessageUtil.java b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-api/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/api/util/ErrorMessageUtil.java
index 70b13fa..cb0d579 100644
--- a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-api/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/api/util/ErrorMessageUtil.java
+++ b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-api/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/api/util/ErrorMessageUtil.java
@@ -125,6 +125,13 @@
         }
     }
 
+    public static String getMessageNoCode(String component, String message) {
+        if (NONE.equals(component)) {
+            return message;
+        }
+        return message.substring(message.indexOf(":") + 2);
+    }
+
     public static String getCauseMessage(Throwable t) {
         if (t instanceof IFormattedException) {
             return t.getMessage();
diff --git a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-api/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/api/util/ExceptionUtils.java b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-api/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/api/util/ExceptionUtils.java
index 7147542..e07cdd4 100644
--- a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-api/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/api/util/ExceptionUtils.java
+++ b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-api/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/api/util/ExceptionUtils.java
@@ -207,4 +207,16 @@
     public static String getMessageOrToString(Throwable e) {
         return e instanceof IFormattedException ? e.getMessage() : e.toString();
     }
+
+    /**
+     * Checks if the error code of the throwable is of the provided type
+     *
+     * @param throwable throwable with error code
+     * @param code error code to match against
+     *
+     * @return true if error code matches, false otherwise
+     */
+    public static boolean isErrorCode(HyracksDataException throwable, ErrorCode code) {
+        return throwable.getError().isPresent() && throwable.getError().get() == code;
+    }
 }
diff --git a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-util/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/util/string/UTF8StringReader.java b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-api/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/util/string/UTF8StringReader.java
similarity index 100%
rename from hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-util/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/util/string/UTF8StringReader.java
rename to hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-api/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/util/string/UTF8StringReader.java
diff --git a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-util/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/util/string/UTF8StringUtil.java b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-api/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/util/string/UTF8StringUtil.java
similarity index 96%
rename from hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-util/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/util/string/UTF8StringUtil.java
rename to hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-api/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/util/string/UTF8StringUtil.java
index 15638f9..4fc503d 100644
--- a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-util/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/util/string/UTF8StringUtil.java
+++ b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-api/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/util/string/UTF8StringUtil.java
@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@
 
 package org.apache.hyracks.util.string;
 
+import static org.apache.hyracks.api.exceptions.ErrorCode.INVALID_STRING_UNICODE;
+
 import java.io.ByteArrayOutputStream;
 import java.io.DataInput;
 import java.io.DataOutput;
@@ -27,8 +29,8 @@
 import java.io.UTFDataFormatException;
 import java.lang.ref.SoftReference;
 
+import org.apache.hyracks.api.exceptions.HyracksDataException;
 import org.apache.hyracks.util.encoding.VarLenIntEncoderDecoder;
-import org.apache.hyracks.util.exceptions.UTF8EncodingException;
 
 /**
  * A helper package to operate the UTF8String in Hyracks.
@@ -36,11 +38,11 @@
  */
 public class UTF8StringUtil {
 
-    public static final String MALFORMED_BYTES = "Decoding error: malformed bytes";
+    public static final String MALFORMED_BYTES = "malformed bytes";
     public static final String LOW_SURROGATE_WITHOUT_HIGH_SURROGATE =
-            "Decoding error: got a low surrogate without a leading high surrogate";
+            "got a low surrogate without a leading high surrogate";
     public static final String HIGH_SURROGATE_WITHOUT_LOW_SURROGATE =
-            "Decoding error: got a high surrogate without a following low surrogate";
+            "got a high surrogate without a following low surrogate";
 
     private UTF8StringUtil() {
     }
@@ -98,12 +100,12 @@
         }
     }
 
-    public static int codePointAt(byte[] b, int s) {
+    public static int codePointAt(byte[] b, int s) throws HyracksDataException {
         char c1 = charAt(b, s);
 
         if (Character.isLowSurrogate(c1)) {
             // In this case, the index s doesn't point to a correct position
-            throw new UTF8EncodingException(LOW_SURROGATE_WITHOUT_HIGH_SURROGATE);
+            throw HyracksDataException.create(INVALID_STRING_UNICODE, LOW_SURROGATE_WITHOUT_HIGH_SURROGATE);
         }
 
         if (Character.isHighSurrogate(c1)) {
@@ -114,19 +116,19 @@
             if (Character.isLowSurrogate(c2)) {
                 return Character.toCodePoint(c1, c2);
             } else {
-                throw new UTF8EncodingException(HIGH_SURROGATE_WITHOUT_LOW_SURROGATE);
+                throw HyracksDataException.create(INVALID_STRING_UNICODE, HIGH_SURROGATE_WITHOUT_LOW_SURROGATE);
             }
         }
 
         return c1;
     }
 
-    public static int codePointSize(byte[] b, int s) {
+    public static int codePointSize(byte[] b, int s) throws HyracksDataException {
         char c1 = charAt(b, s);
         int size1 = charSize(b, s);
 
         if (Character.isLowSurrogate(c1)) {
-            throw new UTF8EncodingException(LOW_SURROGATE_WITHOUT_HIGH_SURROGATE);
+            throw HyracksDataException.create(INVALID_STRING_UNICODE, LOW_SURROGATE_WITHOUT_HIGH_SURROGATE);
         }
 
         if (Character.isHighSurrogate(c1)) {
@@ -206,7 +208,7 @@
         return charCount;
     }
 
-    public static int getNumCodePoint(byte[] b, int s) {
+    public static int getNumCodePoint(byte[] b, int s) throws HyracksDataException {
         int len = getUTFLength(b, s);
         int pos = s + getNumBytesToStoreLength(len);
         int end = pos + len;
diff --git a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-util/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/util/string/UTF8StringWriter.java b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-api/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/util/string/UTF8StringWriter.java
similarity index 100%
rename from hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-util/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/util/string/UTF8StringWriter.java
rename to hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-api/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/util/string/UTF8StringWriter.java
diff --git a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-api/src/main/resources/errormsg/en.properties b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-api/src/main/resources/errormsg/en.properties
index 4d9c60b..7db5d49 100644
--- a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-api/src/main/resources/errormsg/en.properties
+++ b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-api/src/main/resources/errormsg/en.properties
@@ -144,6 +144,8 @@
 124 = Parsing error %s: %s
 125 = Invalid inverted list type traits: %1$s
 126 = Illegal state. %1$s
+127 = Decoding error - %1$s
+
 
 10000 = The given rule collection %1$s is not an instance of the List class.
 10001 = Cannot compose partition constraint %1$s with %2$s
diff --git a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-util/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/util/string/UTF8StringReaderWriterTest.java b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-api/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/api/string/UTF8StringReaderWriterTest.java
similarity index 95%
rename from hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-util/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/util/string/UTF8StringReaderWriterTest.java
rename to hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-api/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/api/string/UTF8StringReaderWriterTest.java
index 9010c9c..abba958 100644
--- a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-util/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/util/string/UTF8StringReaderWriterTest.java
+++ b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-api/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/api/string/UTF8StringReaderWriterTest.java
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
  * under the License.
  */
 
-package org.apache.hyracks.util.string;
+package org.apache.hyracks.api.string;
 
 import static org.apache.hyracks.util.string.UTF8StringSample.EMPTY_STRING;
 import static org.apache.hyracks.util.string.UTF8StringSample.STRING_LEN_127;
@@ -37,6 +37,8 @@
 import java.io.DataOutputStream;
 import java.io.IOException;
 
+import org.apache.hyracks.util.string.UTF8StringReader;
+import org.apache.hyracks.util.string.UTF8StringWriter;
 import org.junit.Test;
 
 public class UTF8StringReaderWriterTest {
diff --git a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-util/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/util/string/UTF8StringUtilTest.java b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-api/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/api/string/UTF8StringUtilTest.java
similarity index 96%
rename from hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-util/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/util/string/UTF8StringUtilTest.java
rename to hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-api/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/api/string/UTF8StringUtilTest.java
index c7468d2..6f3782b 100644
--- a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-util/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/util/string/UTF8StringUtilTest.java
+++ b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-api/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/api/string/UTF8StringUtilTest.java
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
  * under the License.
  */
 
-package org.apache.hyracks.util.string;
+package org.apache.hyracks.api.string;
 
 import static org.apache.hyracks.util.string.UTF8StringSample.STRING_LEN_127;
 import static org.apache.hyracks.util.string.UTF8StringSample.STRING_LEN_128;
@@ -46,6 +46,8 @@
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.util.List;
 
+import org.apache.hyracks.api.exceptions.HyracksDataException;
+import org.apache.hyracks.util.string.UTF8StringUtil;
 import org.junit.Test;
 
 public class UTF8StringUtilTest {
@@ -178,7 +180,7 @@
     }
 
     @Test
-    public void testGetNumCodePoint() {
+    public void testGetNumCodePoint() throws HyracksDataException {
         String str = "\uD83D\uDC69\u200D\uD83D\uDC69\u200D\uD83D\uDC67\u200D\uD83D\uDC66";
         assertEquals(getNumCodePoint(writeStringToBytes(str), 0), 7);
 
diff --git a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-data/hyracks-data-std/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/data/std/primitive/UTF8StringPointable.java b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-data/hyracks-data-std/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/data/std/primitive/UTF8StringPointable.java
index 4acc823..47d2488 100644
--- a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-data/hyracks-data-std/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/data/std/primitive/UTF8StringPointable.java
+++ b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-data/hyracks-data-std/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/data/std/primitive/UTF8StringPointable.java
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
  */
 package org.apache.hyracks.data.std.primitive;
 
+import static org.apache.hyracks.api.exceptions.ErrorCode.INVALID_STRING_UNICODE;
 import static org.apache.hyracks.util.string.UTF8StringUtil.HIGH_SURROGATE_WITHOUT_LOW_SURROGATE;
 import static org.apache.hyracks.util.string.UTF8StringUtil.LOW_SURROGATE_WITHOUT_HIGH_SURROGATE;
 import static org.apache.hyracks.util.string.UTF8StringUtil.MALFORMED_BYTES;
@@ -36,7 +37,6 @@
 import org.apache.hyracks.data.std.api.IPointableFactory;
 import org.apache.hyracks.data.std.util.GrowableArray;
 import org.apache.hyracks.data.std.util.UTF8StringBuilder;
-import org.apache.hyracks.util.exceptions.UTF8EncodingException;
 import org.apache.hyracks.util.string.UTF8StringUtil;
 
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.JsonNode;
@@ -122,15 +122,15 @@
         return UTF8StringUtil.charSize(bytes, start + offset);
     }
 
-    public int codePointAt(int offset) {
+    public int codePointAt(int offset) throws HyracksDataException {
         return UTF8StringUtil.codePointAt(bytes, start + offset);
     }
 
-    public int codePointSize(int offset) {
+    public int codePointSize(int offset) throws HyracksDataException {
         return UTF8StringUtil.codePointSize(bytes, start + offset);
     }
 
-    public void getCodePoints(IntCollection codePointSet) {
+    public void getCodePoints(IntCollection codePointSet) throws HyracksDataException {
         int byteIdx = 0;
         while (byteIdx < utf8Length) {
             codePointSet.add(codePointAt(metaLength + byteIdx));
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@
         }
 
         if (byteIdx != utf8Length) {
-            throw new UTF8EncodingException(MALFORMED_BYTES);
+            throw HyracksDataException.create(INVALID_STRING_UNICODE, MALFORMED_BYTES);
         }
     }
 
@@ -204,7 +204,7 @@
                 other.getStartOffset());
     }
 
-    public int find(UTF8StringPointable pattern, boolean ignoreCase) {
+    public int find(UTF8StringPointable pattern, boolean ignoreCase) throws HyracksDataException {
         return find(this, pattern, ignoreCase);
     }
 
@@ -229,7 +229,8 @@
      *            to ignore case or not.
      * @return the byte offset of the first character of the matching string. Not including the MetaLength.
      */
-    public static int find(UTF8StringPointable src, UTF8StringPointable pattern, boolean ignoreCase) {
+    public static int find(UTF8StringPointable src, UTF8StringPointable pattern, boolean ignoreCase)
+            throws HyracksDataException {
         return find(src, pattern, ignoreCase, 0);
     }
 
@@ -242,7 +243,8 @@
      *            to ignore case or not.
      * @return the offset in the unit of code point of the first character of the matching string. Not including the MetaLength.
      */
-    public static int findInCodePoint(UTF8StringPointable src, UTF8StringPointable pattern, boolean ignoreCase) {
+    public static int findInCodePoint(UTF8StringPointable src, UTF8StringPointable pattern, boolean ignoreCase)
+            throws HyracksDataException {
         return findInByteOrCodePoint(src, pattern, ignoreCase, 0, false);
     }
 
@@ -258,7 +260,8 @@
      * @return the byte offset of the first character of the matching string after <code>startMatchPos}</code>.
      *         Not including the MetaLength.
      */
-    public static int find(UTF8StringPointable src, UTF8StringPointable pattern, boolean ignoreCase, int startMatch) {
+    public static int find(UTF8StringPointable src, UTF8StringPointable pattern, boolean ignoreCase, int startMatch)
+            throws HyracksDataException {
         return findInByteOrCodePoint(src, pattern, ignoreCase, startMatch, true);
     }
 
@@ -274,13 +277,13 @@
      * @return the offset in the unit of code point of the first character of the matching string. Not including the MetaLength.
      */
     public static int findInCodePoint(UTF8StringPointable src, UTF8StringPointable pattern, boolean ignoreCase,
-            int startMatch) {
+            int startMatch) throws HyracksDataException {
         return findInByteOrCodePoint(src, pattern, ignoreCase, startMatch, false);
     }
 
     // If resultInByte is true, then return the position in bytes, otherwise return the position in code points
     private static int findInByteOrCodePoint(UTF8StringPointable src, UTF8StringPointable pattern, boolean ignoreCase,
-            int startMatch, boolean resultInByte) {
+            int startMatch, boolean resultInByte) throws HyracksDataException {
         int startMatchPos = startMatch;
         final int srcUtfLen = src.getUTF8Length();
         final int pttnUtfLen = pattern.getUTF8Length();
@@ -319,7 +322,7 @@
                     return startMatchPos;
                 } else {
                     if (prevHighSurrogate) {
-                        throw new UTF8EncodingException(HIGH_SURROGATE_WITHOUT_LOW_SURROGATE);
+                        throw HyracksDataException.create(INVALID_STRING_UNICODE, HIGH_SURROGATE_WITHOUT_LOW_SURROGATE);
                     }
                     return codePointCount;
                 }
@@ -335,7 +338,7 @@
                         codePointCount++;
                         prevHighSurrogate = false;
                     } else {
-                        throw new UTF8EncodingException(LOW_SURROGATE_WITHOUT_HIGH_SURROGATE);
+                        throw HyracksDataException.create(INVALID_STRING_UNICODE, LOW_SURROGATE_WITHOUT_HIGH_SURROGATE);
                     }
                 } else {
                     codePointCount++;
@@ -347,11 +350,12 @@
         return -1;
     }
 
-    public boolean contains(UTF8StringPointable pattern, boolean ignoreCase) {
+    public boolean contains(UTF8StringPointable pattern, boolean ignoreCase) throws HyracksDataException {
         return contains(this, pattern, ignoreCase);
     }
 
-    public static boolean contains(UTF8StringPointable src, UTF8StringPointable pattern, boolean ignoreCase) {
+    public static boolean contains(UTF8StringPointable src, UTF8StringPointable pattern, boolean ignoreCase)
+            throws HyracksDataException {
         return find(src, pattern, ignoreCase) >= 0;
     }
 
@@ -742,7 +746,8 @@
                         if (UTF8StringUtil.isCharStart(srcPtr.bytes, cursorIndex)) {
                             ch = UTF8StringUtil.charAt(srcPtr.bytes, cursorIndex);
                             if (!Character.isHighSurrogate(ch)) {
-                                throw new UTF8EncodingException(LOW_SURROGATE_WITHOUT_HIGH_SURROGATE);
+                                throw HyracksDataException.create(INVALID_STRING_UNICODE,
+                                        LOW_SURROGATE_WITHOUT_HIGH_SURROGATE);
                             }
 
                             charSize += UTF8StringUtil.charSize(srcPtr.bytes, cursorIndex);
@@ -750,7 +755,7 @@
                         }
                     }
                 } else if (Character.isHighSurrogate(ch)) {
-                    throw new UTF8EncodingException(HIGH_SURROGATE_WITHOUT_LOW_SURROGATE);
+                    throw HyracksDataException.create(INVALID_STRING_UNICODE, HIGH_SURROGATE_WITHOUT_LOW_SURROGATE);
                 }
 
                 builder.appendUtf8StringPointable(srcPtr, cursorIndex, charSize);
diff --git a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-data/hyracks-data-std/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/data/std/primitive/UTF8StringPointableTest.java b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-data/hyracks-data-std/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/data/std/primitive/UTF8StringPointableTest.java
index f088c7e..45a5ba3 100644
--- a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-data/hyracks-data-std/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/data/std/primitive/UTF8StringPointableTest.java
+++ b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-data/hyracks-data-std/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/data/std/primitive/UTF8StringPointableTest.java
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.util.Arrays;
 
+import org.apache.hyracks.api.exceptions.HyracksDataException;
 import org.apache.hyracks.data.std.util.GrowableArray;
 import org.apache.hyracks.data.std.util.UTF8StringBuilder;
 import org.apache.hyracks.util.string.UTF8StringSample;
@@ -68,7 +69,7 @@
     }
 
     @Test
-    public void testFindInCodePoint() {
+    public void testFindInCodePoint() throws HyracksDataException {
         UTF8StringPointable strp = generateUTF8Pointable(STRING_EMOJI_FAMILY_OF_4 + EMOJI_BASKETBALL);
         UTF8StringPointable pattern = generateUTF8Pointable(EMOJI_BASKETBALL);
 
diff --git a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-util/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/util/exceptions/UTF8EncodingException.java b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-util/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/util/exceptions/UTF8EncodingException.java
deleted file mode 100644
index 3853a1f..0000000
--- a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-util/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/util/exceptions/UTF8EncodingException.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,25 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
- * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
- * distributed with this work for additional information
- * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
- * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
- * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
- * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
- *
- *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
- *
- * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
- * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
- * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
- * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
- * specific language governing permissions and limitations
- * under the License.
- */
-package org.apache.hyracks.util.exceptions;
-
-public class UTF8EncodingException extends IllegalArgumentException {
-    public UTF8EncodingException(String s) {
-        super(s);
-    }
-}