diff --git a/gson/src/main/java/com/google/gson/Gson.java b/gson/src/main/java/com/google/gson/Gson.java
index e1b2cb1b..90dcabbe 100644
--- a/gson/src/main/java/com/google/gson/Gson.java
+++ b/gson/src/main/java/com/google/gson/Gson.java
@@ -638,9 +638,6 @@ public final class Gson {
     try {
       TypeAdapter<T> typeAdapter = (TypeAdapter<T>)miniGson.getAdapter(TypeToken.get(typeOfT));
       return typeAdapter.read(reader);
-    } catch (IllegalStateException e) {
-      // TODO(inder): Figure out whether it is indeed right to rethrow this as JsonSyntaxException
-      throw new JsonSyntaxException(e);
     } catch (IOException e) {
       // TODO(inder): Figure out whether it is indeed right to rethrow this as JsonSyntaxException
       throw new JsonSyntaxException(e);