diff --git a/tool/test/org/antlr/v4/test/BaseTest.java b/tool/test/org/antlr/v4/test/BaseTest.java
index c4032e5e6..63417340b 100644
--- a/tool/test/org/antlr/v4/test/BaseTest.java
+++ b/tool/test/org/antlr/v4/test/BaseTest.java
@@ -693,41 +693,36 @@ public abstract class BaseTest {
 		assertEquals(expecting, result);
 	}
 
-	public void testActions(String templates, String actionName, String action, String expected) {
+	public void testActions(String templates, String actionName, String action, String expected) throws org.antlr.runtime.RecognitionException {
 		int lp = templates.indexOf('(');
 		String name = templates.substring(0, lp);
 		STGroup group = new STGroupString(templates);
 		ST st = group.getInstanceOf(name);
 		st.add(actionName, action);
 		String grammar = st.render();
-		try {
-			ErrorQueue equeue = new ErrorQueue();
-			Grammar g = new Grammar(grammar);
-			if ( g.ast!=null && !g.ast.hasErrors ) {
-				SemanticPipeline sem = new SemanticPipeline(g);
-				sem.process();
+		ErrorQueue equeue = new ErrorQueue();
+		Grammar g = new Grammar(grammar);
+		if ( g.ast!=null && !g.ast.hasErrors ) {
+			SemanticPipeline sem = new SemanticPipeline(g);
+			sem.process();
 
-				ATNFactory factory = new ParserATNFactory(g);
-				if ( g.isLexer() ) factory = new LexerATNFactory((LexerGrammar)g);
-				g.atn = factory.createATN();
+			ATNFactory factory = new ParserATNFactory(g);
+			if ( g.isLexer() ) factory = new LexerATNFactory((LexerGrammar)g);
+			g.atn = factory.createATN();
 
-				CodeGenerator gen = new CodeGenerator(g);
-				ST outputFileST = gen.generateParser();
-				String output = outputFileST.render();
-				//System.out.println(output);
-				String b = "#" + actionName + "#";
-				int start = output.indexOf(b);
-				String e = "#end-" + actionName + "#";
-				int end = output.indexOf(e);
-				String snippet = output.substring(start+b.length(),end);
-				assertEquals(expected, snippet);
-			}
-			if ( equeue.size()>0 ) {
-				System.err.println(equeue.toString(g.tool));
-			}
+			CodeGenerator gen = new CodeGenerator(g);
+			ST outputFileST = gen.generateParser();
+			String output = outputFileST.render();
+			//System.out.println(output);
+			String b = "#" + actionName + "#";
+			int start = output.indexOf(b);
+			String e = "#end-" + actionName + "#";
+			int end = output.indexOf(e);
+			String snippet = output.substring(start+b.length(),end);
+			assertEquals(expected, snippet);
 		}
-		catch (org.antlr.runtime.RecognitionException re) {
-			re.printStackTrace(System.err);
+		if ( equeue.size()>0 ) {
+			System.err.println(equeue.toString(g.tool));
 		}
 	}