diff --git a/api/current.txt b/api/current.txt
index 241117b023da2..da5addc63c3ce 100644
--- a/api/current.txt
+++ b/api/current.txt
@@ -68724,7 +68724,7 @@ package java.util.regex {
   public final class Pattern implements java.io.Serializable {
     method public java.util.function.Predicate<java.lang.String> asPredicate();
     method public static java.util.regex.Pattern compile(java.lang.String);
-    method public static java.util.regex.Pattern compile(java.lang.String, int) throws java.util.regex.PatternSyntaxException;
+    method public static java.util.regex.Pattern compile(java.lang.String, int);
     method public int flags();
     method public java.util.regex.Matcher matcher(java.lang.CharSequence);
     method public static boolean matches(java.lang.String, java.lang.CharSequence);