--- org.eclipse.jdt.ui/templates/default-codetemplates.xml
+++ org.eclipse.jdt.ui/templates/default-codetemplates.xml
@@ -72,8 +72,7 @@
 <template name="annotationbody" id="org.eclipse.jdt.ui.text.codetemplates.annotationbody" description="%CodeTemplates.annotationbody" context="annotationbody_context" enabled="true">
 </template>
 
-<template name="catchblock" id="org.eclipse.jdt.ui.text.codetemplates.catchblock" description="%CodeTemplates.catchblock" context="catchblock_context" enabled="true">// ${todo} %CodeTemplates.catchblock.tododesc
-${exception_var}.printStackTrace();</template>
+<template name="catchblock" id="org.eclipse.jdt.ui.text.codetemplates.catchblock" description="%CodeTemplates.catchblock" context="catchblock_context" enabled="true">throw new RuntimeException(${exception_var});</template>
 
 <template name="methodbody" id="org.eclipse.jdt.ui.text.codetemplates.methodbody" description="%CodeTemplates.methodstub" context="methodbody_context" enabled="true">// ${todo} %CodeTemplates.methodstub.tododesc
 ${body_statement}</template>