diff --git a/debug/org.eclipse.cdt.debug.core/src/org/eclipse/cdt/debug/core/ICDebuggerManager.java b/debug/org.eclipse.cdt.debug.core/src/org/eclipse/cdt/debug/core/ICDebuggerManager.java
index 2367a6af7a3..c3da115b0aa 100644
--- a/debug/org.eclipse.cdt.debug.core/src/org/eclipse/cdt/debug/core/ICDebuggerManager.java
+++ b/debug/org.eclipse.cdt.debug.core/src/org/eclipse/cdt/debug/core/ICDebuggerManager.java
@@ -4,7 +4,9 @@
  */
 package org.eclipse.cdt.debug.core;
 
+import org.eclipse.core.runtime.CoreException;
+
 public interface ICDebuggerManager {
-	public ICDebugger createDebugger(String id);
+	public ICDebugger createDebugger(String id) throws CoreException;
 	public ICDebuggerInfo[] queryDebuggers(String platform_id);
 }
diff --git a/debug/org.eclipse.cdt.debug.core/src/org/eclipse/cdt/debug/internal/core/CDebuggerManager.java b/debug/org.eclipse.cdt.debug.core/src/org/eclipse/cdt/debug/internal/core/CDebuggerManager.java
index a2e5ccafbc3..d4a49fb7d2a 100644
--- a/debug/org.eclipse.cdt.debug.core/src/org/eclipse/cdt/debug/internal/core/CDebuggerManager.java
+++ b/debug/org.eclipse.cdt.debug.core/src/org/eclipse/cdt/debug/internal/core/CDebuggerManager.java
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ public class CDebuggerManager implements ICDebuggerManager {
 	public CDebuggerManager() {
 	}
 
-	public ICDebugger createDebugger(String id) {
+	public ICDebugger createDebugger(String id) throws CoreException {
 		ICDebugger debugger = null;
 
 		IExtensionPoint extension = CDebugCorePlugin.getDefault().getDescriptor().getExtensionPoint("CDebugger");
@@ -30,12 +30,7 @@ public class CDebuggerManager implements ICDebuggerManager {
 			for(int i = 0; i < extensions.length; i++){
 				if ( id.equals(extensions[i].getUniqueIdentifier()) ) {
 					IConfigurationElement [] configElements = extensions[i].getConfigurationElements();
-					try {
-						debugger = (ICDebugger)configElements[0].createExecutableExtension("class");
-					}
-					catch (CoreException e) {
-						return null;
-					}
+					debugger = (ICDebugger)configElements[0].createExecutableExtension("class");
 				}
 			}
 		}