diff --git a/src/main/java/eu/siacs/conversations/xmpp/XmppConnection.java b/src/main/java/eu/siacs/conversations/xmpp/XmppConnection.java
index 30cb96dc..7bc08e9c 100644
--- a/src/main/java/eu/siacs/conversations/xmpp/XmppConnection.java
+++ b/src/main/java/eu/siacs/conversations/xmpp/XmppConnection.java
@@ -560,7 +560,6 @@ public class XmppConnection implements Runnable {
 			}
 			nextTag = tagReader.readTag();
 		}
-		throw new IOException("reached end of stream. last tag was "+nextTag);
 	}
 
 	private void acknowledgeStanzaUpTo(int serverCount) {