diff --git a/lightblue-ldap-config/src/main/java/com/redhat/lightblue/config/ldap/LdapConfigException.java b/lightblue-ldap-config/src/main/java/com/redhat/lightblue/config/ldap/LdapConfigException.java
deleted file mode 100644
index 9f705cc..0000000
--- a/lightblue-ldap-config/src/main/java/com/redhat/lightblue/config/ldap/LdapConfigException.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,42 +0,0 @@
-/*
- Copyright 2014 Red Hat, Inc. and/or its affiliates.
-
- This file is part of lightblue.
-
- This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
- it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
- the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
- (at your option) any later version.
-
- This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
- but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
- MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
- GNU General Public License for more details.
-
- You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
- along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
- */
-package com.redhat.lightblue.config.ldap;
-
-/**
- * LDAP Configuration Exception
- *
- * @author dcrissman
- */
-public class LdapConfigException extends RuntimeException {
-
-    private static final long serialVersionUID = -1592146043661826825L;
-
-    public LdapConfigException(String message) {
-        super(message);
-    }
-
-    public LdapConfigException(Throwable cause) {
-        super(cause);
-    }
-
-    public LdapConfigException(String message, Throwable cause) {
-        super(message, cause);
-    }
-
-}
diff --git a/lightblue-ldap-config/src/main/java/com/redhat/lightblue/config/ldap/LdapDataSourceConfiguration.java b/lightblue-ldap-config/src/main/java/com/redhat/lightblue/config/ldap/LdapDataSourceConfiguration.java
index cacfc29..6b2373f 100644
--- a/lightblue-ldap-config/src/main/java/com/redhat/lightblue/config/ldap/LdapDataSourceConfiguration.java
+++ b/lightblue-ldap-config/src/main/java/com/redhat/lightblue/config/ldap/LdapDataSourceConfiguration.java
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.JsonNode;
 import com.redhat.lightblue.config.DataSourceConfiguration;
 import com.redhat.lightblue.metadata.ldap.parser.LdapDataStoreParser;
+import com.redhat.lightblue.util.Error;
 import com.unboundid.ldap.sdk.BindRequest;
 import com.unboundid.ldap.sdk.LDAPConnection;
 import com.unboundid.ldap.sdk.LDAPConnectionPool;
@@ -136,7 +137,7 @@ public void initializeFromJson(JsonNode node) {
             connectionPool = new LDAPConnectionPool(serverSet, bindRequest, initialConnections, maxConnections);
         }
         catch(LDAPException e) {
-            throw new LdapConfigException("Unable to connect to ldap server(s).", e);
+            throw Error.get(e);
         }
     }