diff --git a/src/jdk.compiler/share/classes/com/sun/tools/javac/tree/DocPretty.java b/src/jdk.compiler/share/classes/com/sun/tools/javac/tree/DocPretty.java
index 8356c20bff204..70f1e54b2db8d 100644
--- a/src/jdk.compiler/share/classes/com/sun/tools/javac/tree/DocPretty.java
+++ b/src/jdk.compiler/share/classes/com/sun/tools/javac/tree/DocPretty.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 1999, 2021, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 1999, 2022, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
  * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER.
  *
  * This code is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
 package com.sun.tools.javac.tree;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
+import java.io.UncheckedIOException;
 import java.io.Writer;
 import java.util.List;
 
@@ -64,7 +65,7 @@ public void print(DocTree tree) throws IOException {
                 tree.accept(this, null);
             }
         } catch (UncheckedIOException ex) {
-            throw new IOException(ex.getMessage(), ex);
+            throw ex.getCause();
         }
     }
 
@@ -116,14 +117,6 @@ protected void printTagName(DocTree node) throws IOException {
      * Traversal methods
      *************************************************************************/
 
-    /** Exception to propagate IOException through visitXYZ methods */
-    private static class UncheckedIOException extends Error {
-        static final long serialVersionUID = -4032692679158424751L;
-        UncheckedIOException(IOException e) {
-            super(e.getMessage(), e);
-        }
-    }
-
     @Override @DefinedBy(Api.COMPILER_TREE)
     public Void visitAttribute(AttributeTree node, Void p) {
         try {
diff --git a/src/jdk.compiler/share/classes/com/sun/tools/javac/tree/Pretty.java b/src/jdk.compiler/share/classes/com/sun/tools/javac/tree/Pretty.java
index bdfef06fd7c53..ab5f0d6c8ea23 100644
--- a/src/jdk.compiler/share/classes/com/sun/tools/javac/tree/Pretty.java
+++ b/src/jdk.compiler/share/classes/com/sun/tools/javac/tree/Pretty.java
@@ -170,14 +170,6 @@ public static String toSimpleString(JCTree tree, int maxLength) {
      * Traversal methods
      *************************************************************************/
 
-    /** Exception to propagate IOException through visitXYZ methods */
-    private static class UncheckedIOException extends Error {
-        static final long serialVersionUID = -4032692679158424751L;
-        UncheckedIOException(IOException e) {
-            super(e.getMessage(), e);
-        }
-    }
-
     /** Visitor argument: the current precedence level.
      */
     int prec;
@@ -194,7 +186,7 @@ public void printExpr(JCTree tree, int prec) throws IOException {
                 tree.accept(this);
             }
         } catch (UncheckedIOException ex) {
-            throw new IOException(ex.getMessage(), ex);
+            throw ex.getCause();
         } finally {
             this.prec = prevPrec;
         }