diff --git a/maven-core/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/project/ExtensionDescriptorBuilder.java b/maven-core/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/project/ExtensionDescriptorBuilder.java
index 8d732c1..6880e7a 100644
--- a/maven-core/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/project/ExtensionDescriptorBuilder.java
+++ b/maven-core/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/project/ExtensionDescriptorBuilder.java
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@
         }
         catch ( XmlPullParserException e )
         {
-            throw (IOException) new IOException( e.getMessage() ).initCause( e );
+            throw new IOException( e.getMessage(), e );
         }
 
         if ( !"extension".equals( dom.getName() ) )
diff --git a/maven-core/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/settings/DefaultMavenSettingsBuilder.java b/maven-core/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/settings/DefaultMavenSettingsBuilder.java
index 3c173ec..06fbb5d 100644
--- a/maven-core/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/settings/DefaultMavenSettingsBuilder.java
+++ b/maven-core/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/settings/DefaultMavenSettingsBuilder.java
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@
         }
         catch ( SettingsBuildingException e )
         {
-            throw (IOException) new IOException( e.getMessage() ).initCause( e );
+            throw new IOException( e.getMessage(), e );
         }
     }