diff --git a/jps/jps-builders/src/org/jetbrains/jps/incremental/IncProjectBuilder.java b/jps/jps-builders/src/org/jetbrains/jps/incremental/IncProjectBuilder.java
index 86c9d43c4b23..8c4c62f201cf 100644
--- a/jps/jps-builders/src/org/jetbrains/jps/incremental/IncProjectBuilder.java
+++ b/jps/jps-builders/src/org/jetbrains/jps/incremental/IncProjectBuilder.java
@@ -564,7 +564,7 @@ public class IncProjectBuilder {
     try {
       clearOutputFiles(context, target);
     }
-    catch (IOException e) {
+    catch (Throwable e) {
       LOG.info(e);
       String reason = e.getMessage();
       if (reason == null) {