diff --git a/google-cloud-storage/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/storage/BlobReadChannel.java b/google-cloud-storage/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/storage/BlobReadChannel.java
index cd9f08d9f..c5fce5bd1 100644
--- a/google-cloud-storage/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/storage/BlobReadChannel.java
+++ b/google-cloud-storage/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/storage/BlobReadChannel.java
@@ -133,12 +133,12 @@ public Tuple<String, byte[]> call() {
         if (result.y().length > 0 && lastEtag != null && !Objects.equals(result.x(), lastEtag)) {
           StringBuilder messageBuilder = new StringBuilder();
           messageBuilder.append("Blob ").append(blob).append(" was updated while reading");
-          throw new StorageException(0, messageBuilder.toString());
+          throw new IOException(messageBuilder.toString());
         }
         lastEtag = result.x();
         buffer = result.y();
       } catch (RetryHelper.RetryHelperException e) {
-        throw StorageException.translateAndThrow(e);
+        throw new IOException(e);
       }
       if (toRead > buffer.length) {
         endOfStream = true;
diff --git a/google-cloud-storage/src/test/java/com/google/cloud/storage/BlobReadChannelTest.java b/google-cloud-storage/src/test/java/com/google/cloud/storage/BlobReadChannelTest.java
index f1388ebe9..dafb0b2a5 100644
--- a/google-cloud-storage/src/test/java/com/google/cloud/storage/BlobReadChannelTest.java
+++ b/google-cloud-storage/src/test/java/com/google/cloud/storage/BlobReadChannelTest.java
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
 import static org.easymock.EasyMock.verify;
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertArrayEquals;
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertFalse;
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertTrue;
 import static org.junit.Assert.fail;
 
@@ -71,7 +72,7 @@ public void setUp() {
   }
 
   @After
-  public void tearDown() throws Exception {
+  public void tearDown() {
     verify(rpcFactoryMock, storageRpcMock);
   }
 
@@ -154,7 +155,7 @@ public void testClose() {
     reader = new BlobReadChannel(options, BLOB_ID, EMPTY_RPC_OPTIONS);
     assertTrue(reader.isOpen());
     reader.close();
-    assertTrue(!reader.isOpen());
+    assertFalse(reader.isOpen());
   }
 
   @Test
@@ -190,7 +191,7 @@ public void testReadGenerationChanged() throws IOException {
     try {
       reader.read(secondReadBuffer);
       fail("Expected ReadChannel read to throw StorageException");
-    } catch (StorageException ex) {
+    } catch (IOException ex) {
       StringBuilder messageBuilder = new StringBuilder();
       messageBuilder.append("Blob ").append(blobId).append(" was updated while reading");
       assertEquals(messageBuilder.toString(), ex.getMessage());
diff --git a/google-cloud-storage/src/test/java/com/google/cloud/storage/it/ITStorageTest.java b/google-cloud-storage/src/test/java/com/google/cloud/storage/it/ITStorageTest.java
index 6abc233fb..52a6acd7e 100644
--- a/google-cloud-storage/src/test/java/com/google/cloud/storage/it/ITStorageTest.java
+++ b/google-cloud-storage/src/test/java/com/google/cloud/storage/it/ITStorageTest.java
@@ -1751,14 +1751,14 @@ public void testReadChannelFail() throws IOException {
         storage.reader(blob.getBlobId(), Storage.BlobSourceOption.metagenerationMatch(-1L))) {
       reader.read(ByteBuffer.allocate(42));
       fail("StorageException was expected");
-    } catch (StorageException ex) {
+    } catch (IOException ex) {
       // expected
     }
     try (ReadChannel reader =
         storage.reader(blob.getBlobId(), Storage.BlobSourceOption.generationMatch(-1L))) {
       reader.read(ByteBuffer.allocate(42));
       fail("StorageException was expected");
-    } catch (StorageException ex) {
+    } catch (IOException ex) {
       // expected
     }
     BlobId blobIdWrongGeneration = BlobId.of(BUCKET, blobName, -1L);
@@ -1766,7 +1766,7 @@ public void testReadChannelFail() throws IOException {
         storage.reader(blobIdWrongGeneration, Storage.BlobSourceOption.generationMatch())) {
       reader.read(ByteBuffer.allocate(42));
       fail("StorageException was expected");
-    } catch (StorageException ex) {
+    } catch (IOException ex) {
       // expected
     }
   }
@@ -1798,7 +1798,7 @@ public void testReadChannelFailUpdatedGeneration() throws IOException {
       readBytes = ByteBuffer.allocate(chunkSize);
       reader.read(readBytes);
       fail("StorageException was expected");
-    } catch (StorageException ex) {
+    } catch (IOException ex) {
       StringBuilder messageBuilder = new StringBuilder();
       messageBuilder.append("Blob ").append(blob.getBlobId()).append(" was updated while reading");
       assertEquals(messageBuilder.toString(), ex.getMessage());