diff --git a/extractor/src/main/java/org/schabi/newpipe/extractor/services/soundcloud/extractors/SoundcloudStreamExtractor.java b/extractor/src/main/java/org/schabi/newpipe/extractor/services/soundcloud/extractors/SoundcloudStreamExtractor.java
index 0eaf1d9d..c545ea80 100644
--- a/extractor/src/main/java/org/schabi/newpipe/extractor/services/soundcloud/extractors/SoundcloudStreamExtractor.java
+++ b/extractor/src/main/java/org/schabi/newpipe/extractor/services/soundcloud/extractors/SoundcloudStreamExtractor.java
@@ -68,8 +68,10 @@ public class SoundcloudStreamExtractor extends StreamExtractor {
 
     @Nonnull
     @Override
-    public String getTextualUploadDate() throws ParsingException {
-        return track.getString("created_at").replace("T"," ").replace("Z", "");
+    public String getTextualUploadDate() {
+        return track.getString("created_at")
+                .replace("T"," ")
+                .replace("Z", "");
     }
 
     @Nonnull
@@ -85,10 +87,10 @@ public class SoundcloudStreamExtractor extends StreamExtractor {
         if (artworkUrl.isEmpty()) {
             artworkUrl = track.getObject("user").getString("avatar_url", EMPTY_STRING);
         }
-        String artworkUrlBetterResolution = artworkUrl.replace("large.jpg", "crop.jpg");
-        return artworkUrlBetterResolution;
+        return artworkUrl.replace("large.jpg", "crop.jpg");
     }
 
+    @Nonnull
     @Override
     public Description getDescription() {
         return new Description(track.getString("description"), Description.PLAIN_TEXT);
@@ -144,19 +146,19 @@ public class SoundcloudStreamExtractor extends StreamExtractor {
 
     @Nonnull
     @Override
-    public String getSubChannelUrl() throws ParsingException {
+    public String getSubChannelUrl() {
         return "";
     }
 
     @Nonnull
     @Override
-    public String getSubChannelName() throws ParsingException {
+    public String getSubChannelName() {
         return "";
     }
 
     @Nonnull
     @Override
-    public String getSubChannelAvatarUrl() throws ParsingException {
+    public String getSubChannelAvatarUrl() {
         return "";
     }
 
@@ -168,14 +170,14 @@ public class SoundcloudStreamExtractor extends StreamExtractor {
 
     @Nonnull
     @Override
-    public String getHlsUrl() throws ParsingException {
+    public String getHlsUrl() {
         return "";
     }
 
     @Override
     public List<AudioStream> getAudioStreams() throws IOException, ExtractionException {
         List<AudioStream> audioStreams = new ArrayList<>();
-        Downloader dl = NewPipe.getDownloader();
+        final Downloader dl = NewPipe.getDownloader();
 
         // Streams can be streamable and downloadable - or explicitly not.
         // For playing the track, it is only necessary to have a streamable track.
@@ -183,12 +185,12 @@ public class SoundcloudStreamExtractor extends StreamExtractor {
         if (!track.getBoolean("streamable")) return audioStreams;
 
         try {
-            JsonArray transcodings = track.getObject("media").getArray("transcodings");
+            final JsonArray transcodings = track.getObject("media").getArray("transcodings");
 
             // get information about what stream formats are available
             for (Object transcoding : transcodings) {
 
-                JsonObject t = (JsonObject) transcoding;
+                final JsonObject t = (JsonObject) transcoding;
                 String url = t.getString("url");
 
                 if (!isNullOrEmpty(url)) {
@@ -200,7 +202,7 @@ public class SoundcloudStreamExtractor extends StreamExtractor {
                         // This url points to the endpoint which generates a unique and short living url to the stream.
                         // TODO: move this to a separate method to generate valid urls when needed (e.g. resuming a paused stream)
                         url += "?client_id=" + SoundcloudParsingHelper.clientId();
-                        String res = dl.get(url).responseBody();
+                        final String res = dl.get(url).responseBody();
 
                         try {
                             JsonObject mp3UrlObject = JsonParser.object().from(res);
@@ -234,24 +236,24 @@ public class SoundcloudStreamExtractor extends StreamExtractor {
     }
 
     @Override
-    public List<VideoStream> getVideoStreams() throws IOException, ExtractionException {
+    public List<VideoStream> getVideoStreams() {
         return Collections.emptyList();
     }
 
     @Override
-    public List<VideoStream> getVideoOnlyStreams() throws IOException, ExtractionException {
+    public List<VideoStream> getVideoOnlyStreams() {
         return Collections.emptyList();
     }
 
     @Override
     @Nonnull
-    public List<SubtitlesStream> getSubtitlesDefault() throws IOException, ExtractionException {
+    public List<SubtitlesStream> getSubtitlesDefault() {
         return Collections.emptyList();
     }
 
     @Override
     @Nonnull
-    public List<SubtitlesStream> getSubtitles(MediaFormat format) throws IOException, ExtractionException {
+    public List<SubtitlesStream> getSubtitles(MediaFormat format) {
         return Collections.emptyList();
     }
 
@@ -262,10 +264,10 @@ public class SoundcloudStreamExtractor extends StreamExtractor {
 
     @Override
     public StreamInfoItemsCollector getRelatedStreams() throws IOException, ExtractionException {
-        StreamInfoItemsCollector collector = new StreamInfoItemsCollector(getServiceId());
+        final StreamInfoItemsCollector collector = new StreamInfoItemsCollector(getServiceId());
 
-        String apiUrl = "https://api-v2.soundcloud.com/tracks/" + urlEncode(getId()) + "/related"
-                + "?client_id=" + urlEncode(SoundcloudParsingHelper.clientId());
+        final String apiUrl = "https://api-v2.soundcloud.com/tracks/" + urlEncode(getId())
+                + "/related?client_id=" + urlEncode(SoundcloudParsingHelper.clientId());
 
         SoundcloudParsingHelper.getStreamsFromApi(collector, apiUrl);
         return collector;
@@ -276,40 +278,44 @@ public class SoundcloudStreamExtractor extends StreamExtractor {
         return null;
     }
 
+    @Nonnull
     @Override
-    public String getHost() throws ParsingException {
+    public String getHost() {
+        return "";
+    }
+
+    @Nonnull
+    @Override
+    public String getPrivacy() {
+        return "";
+    }
+
+    @Nonnull
+    @Override
+    public String getCategory() {
+        return "";
+    }
+
+    @Nonnull
+    @Override
+    public String getLicence() {
         return "";
     }
 
     @Override
-    public String getPrivacy() throws ParsingException {
-        return "";
-    }
-
-    @Override
-    public String getCategory() throws ParsingException {
-        return "";
-    }
-
-    @Override
-    public String getLicence() throws ParsingException {
-        return "";
-    }
-
-    @Override
-    public Locale getLanguageInfo() throws ParsingException {
+    public Locale getLanguageInfo() {
         return null;
     }
 
     @Nonnull
     @Override
-    public List<String> getTags() throws ParsingException {
+    public List<String> getTags() {
         return Collections.emptyList();
     }
 
     @Nonnull
     @Override
-    public String getSupportInfo() throws ParsingException {
+    public String getSupportInfo() {
         return "";
     }
 }