diff --git a/pulsar-broker/src/main/java/org/apache/pulsar/broker/service/BrokerService.java b/pulsar-broker/src/main/java/org/apache/pulsar/broker/service/BrokerService.java
index 51843bbf56c21..9194820d0283d 100644
--- a/pulsar-broker/src/main/java/org/apache/pulsar/broker/service/BrokerService.java
+++ b/pulsar-broker/src/main/java/org/apache/pulsar/broker/service/BrokerService.java
@@ -1353,7 +1353,7 @@ public void openLedgerComplete(ManagedLedger ledger, Object ctx) {
 
                                     return null;
                                 });
-                            } catch (NamingException | PulsarServerException e) {
+                            } catch (PulsarServerException e) {
                                 log.warn("Failed to create topic {}-{}", topic, e.getMessage());
                                 pulsar.getExecutor().execute(() -> topics.remove(topic, topicFuture));
                                 topicFuture.completeExceptionally(e);
diff --git a/pulsar-broker/src/main/java/org/apache/pulsar/broker/service/persistent/PersistentTopic.java b/pulsar-broker/src/main/java/org/apache/pulsar/broker/service/persistent/PersistentTopic.java
index 338b713c10029..0e6cb61195955 100644
--- a/pulsar-broker/src/main/java/org/apache/pulsar/broker/service/persistent/PersistentTopic.java
+++ b/pulsar-broker/src/main/java/org/apache/pulsar/broker/service/persistent/PersistentTopic.java
@@ -250,7 +250,7 @@ public void reset() {
         }
     }
 
-    public PersistentTopic(String topic, ManagedLedger ledger, BrokerService brokerService) throws NamingException {
+    public PersistentTopic(String topic, ManagedLedger ledger, BrokerService brokerService) {
         super(topic, brokerService);
         this.ledger = ledger;
         this.subscriptions = new ConcurrentOpenHashMap<>(16, 1);
diff --git a/pulsar-broker/src/main/java/org/apache/pulsar/broker/service/persistent/SystemTopic.java b/pulsar-broker/src/main/java/org/apache/pulsar/broker/service/persistent/SystemTopic.java
index aaf83a9fd689e..6e3173f0c1708 100644
--- a/pulsar-broker/src/main/java/org/apache/pulsar/broker/service/persistent/SystemTopic.java
+++ b/pulsar-broker/src/main/java/org/apache/pulsar/broker/service/persistent/SystemTopic.java
@@ -23,12 +23,10 @@
 import org.apache.bookkeeper.mledger.ManagedLedger;
 import org.apache.pulsar.broker.PulsarServerException;
 import org.apache.pulsar.broker.service.BrokerService;
-import org.apache.pulsar.broker.service.BrokerServiceException;
 
 public class SystemTopic extends PersistentTopic {
 
-    public SystemTopic(String topic, ManagedLedger ledger, BrokerService brokerService)
-            throws BrokerServiceException.NamingException, PulsarServerException {
+    public SystemTopic(String topic, ManagedLedger ledger, BrokerService brokerService) throws PulsarServerException {
         super(topic, ledger, brokerService);
     }