diff --git a/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/deploy/SparkSubmit.scala b/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/deploy/SparkSubmit.scala
index 94125c6cde5b6..d2be253f57a4a 100644
--- a/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/deploy/SparkSubmit.scala
+++ b/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/deploy/SparkSubmit.scala
@@ -482,7 +482,6 @@ object SparkSubmit {
    * Note that this main class will not be the one provided by the user if we're
    * running cluster deploy mode or python applications.
    */
-  @throws[Exception]
   private def runMain(
       childArgs: Seq[String],
       childClasspath: Seq[String],