diff --git a/gradle/app-version.gradle b/gradle/app-version.gradle
index 47452e9a3b0b56f3c0149efee2315161bbbcc2d5..c0f4c3c4c23fa00d78ca1a4d5d4af2e67101f91c 100644
--- a/gradle/app-version.gradle
+++ b/gradle/app-version.gradle
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@ tasks.withType(JavaCompile) {
       versionFile.write(groovy.json.JsonOutput.prettyPrint(json))
     } catch (Exception e) {
       println("Failed to create version file.")
-      throw new Exception(e)
     }
   }
 }