diff --git a/src/batch.js b/src/batch.js
index 14f60d4dc3..a82582a39c 100644
--- a/src/batch.js
+++ b/src/batch.js
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 
-
 'use strict';
 
 const util = require('util');
diff --git a/src/languages.js b/src/languages.js
index e934ab13c0..5a768c3f1c 100644
--- a/src/languages.js
+++ b/src/languages.js
@@ -13,13 +13,8 @@ const files = fs.readdirSync(path.join(__dirname, '../public/vendor/jquery/timea
 Languages.timeagoCodes = files.filter(f => f.startsWith('jquery.timeago')).map(f => f.split('.')[2]);
 
 Languages.get = async function (language, namespace) {
-	let data = await readFileAsync(path.join(languagesPath, language, namespace + '.json'), 'utf8');
-	try {
-		data = JSON.parse(data) || {};
-	} catch (err) {
-		throw err;
-	}
-	return data;
+	const data = await readFileAsync(path.join(languagesPath, language, namespace + '.json'), 'utf8');
+	return JSON.parse(data) || {};
 };
 
 let codeCache = null;
diff --git a/src/widgets/index.js b/src/widgets/index.js
index 470f1d69bb..012b3f2bb0 100644
--- a/src/widgets/index.js
+++ b/src/widgets/index.js
@@ -134,11 +134,7 @@ widgets.getArea = async function (template, location) {
 	if (!result) {
 		return [];
 	}
-	try {
-		return parseWidgetData(result);
-	} catch (err) {
-		throw err;
-	}
+	return parseWidgetData(result);
 };
 
 function parseWidgetData(data) {