diff --git a/exercises/practice/two-bucket/.meta/src/reference/java/TwoBucket.java b/exercises/practice/two-bucket/.meta/src/reference/java/TwoBucket.java
index 9d8d18e1e..3cf41ccf7 100644
--- a/exercises/practice/two-bucket/.meta/src/reference/java/TwoBucket.java
+++ b/exercises/practice/two-bucket/.meta/src/reference/java/TwoBucket.java
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ private void checkIfImpossible(int desiredLiters, int bucketOneCap, int bucketTw
         boolean invalidDivision = desiredLiters % gcd(bucketOneCap, bucketTwoCap) != 0;
         
         if (exceedsCapacity || invalidDivision) {
-            throw new UnreachableGoalException("impossible");
+            throw new UnreachableGoalException();
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/exercises/practice/two-bucket/src/test/java/TwoBucketTest.java b/exercises/practice/two-bucket/src/test/java/TwoBucketTest.java
index 36fbf21d8..3564951ab 100644
--- a/exercises/practice/two-bucket/src/test/java/TwoBucketTest.java
+++ b/exercises/practice/two-bucket/src/test/java/TwoBucketTest.java
@@ -82,8 +82,7 @@ public void testBucketOneSizeTwoBucketTwoSizeThreeStartWithOne() {
     public void testReachingGoalIsImpossible() {
         
         assertThatExceptionOfType(UnreachableGoalException.class)
-                .isThrownBy(() -> new TwoBucket(6, 15, 5, "one").getResult())
-                .withMessage("impossible");
+                .isThrownBy(() -> new TwoBucket(6, 15, 5, "one").getResult());
 
     }
 
@@ -104,8 +103,7 @@ public void testBucketOneSizeSixBucketTwoSizeFifteenStartWithOne() {
     public void testGoalLargerThanBothBucketsIsImpossible() {
 
         assertThatExceptionOfType(UnreachableGoalException.class)
-                .isThrownBy(() -> new TwoBucket(5, 7, 8, "one").getResult())
-                .withMessage("impossible");
+                .isThrownBy(() -> new TwoBucket(5, 7, 8, "one").getResult());
 
     }
 }