diff --git a/app/src/main/java/org/fdroid/fdroid/net/Downloader.java b/app/src/main/java/org/fdroid/fdroid/net/Downloader.java
index e66b793ad..99bf0dd7e 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/org/fdroid/fdroid/net/Downloader.java
+++ b/app/src/main/java/org/fdroid/fdroid/net/Downloader.java
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ public abstract class Downloader {
 
     protected abstract InputStream getDownloadersInputStream() throws IOException;
 
-    protected abstract void close() throws IOException;
+    protected abstract void close();
 
     Downloader(URL url, File destFile)
             throws FileNotFoundException, MalformedURLException {
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/org/fdroid/fdroid/net/LocalFileDownloader.java b/app/src/main/java/org/fdroid/fdroid/net/LocalFileDownloader.java
index ecd23ae86..42bd9cb89 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/org/fdroid/fdroid/net/LocalFileDownloader.java
+++ b/app/src/main/java/org/fdroid/fdroid/net/LocalFileDownloader.java
@@ -24,8 +24,9 @@ public class LocalFileDownloader extends Downloader {
     }
 
     @Override
-    protected void close() throws IOException {
+    protected void close() {
         // Do nothing.
+        // TODO this should close the InputStream from getDownloadersInputStream()
     }
 
     @Override