diff --git a/infer/src/absint/ProcCfg.ml b/infer/src/absint/ProcCfg.ml
index ff58608f7..5515ab2b5 100644
--- a/infer/src/absint/ProcCfg.ml
+++ b/infer/src/absint/ProcCfg.ml
@@ -179,14 +179,7 @@ module Exceptional = struct
 
   include (DefaultNode : module type of DefaultNode with type t := node)
 
-  let exceptional_succs _ n =
-    match Procdesc.Node.get_kind n with
-    | Procdesc.Node.Stmt_node "call_noexcept"
-     -> (* Hack: signal from the frontend that this node should be modelled as non-throwing.
-           Eventually, we'll just avoid translating the exceptional edge in the frontend instead. *)
-        []
-    | _
-     -> Procdesc.Node.get_exn n
+  let exceptional_succs _ n = Procdesc.Node.get_exn n
 
   let from_pdesc pdesc =
     (* map from a node to its exceptional predecessors *)
diff --git a/infer/src/java/jTrans.ml b/infer/src/java/jTrans.ml
index 581ba2aef..290330a76 100644
--- a/infer/src/java/jTrans.ml
+++ b/infer/src/java/jTrans.ml
@@ -757,12 +757,7 @@ let rec instruction (context: JContext.t) pc instr : translation =
     Instr (create_node node_kind (instrs @ [deref_instr; instr]))
   in
   let create_node_kind procname =
-    let assume_noexcept =
-      match Typ.Procname.get_method procname with "close" -> true | _ -> false
-    in
-    let desc =
-      if assume_noexcept then "call_noexcept" else "Call " ^ Typ.Procname.to_string procname
-    in
+    let desc = "Call " ^ Typ.Procname.to_string procname in
     Procdesc.Node.Stmt_node desc
   in
   try