diff --git a/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/util/Utils.scala b/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/util/Utils.scala
index fe6063ce475af..73768ff4c889d 100644
--- a/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/util/Utils.scala
+++ b/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/util/Utils.scala
@@ -1193,21 +1193,6 @@ private[spark] object Utils extends Logging {
     }
   }
 
-  /**
-   * Execute a block of code that evaluates to Unit, re-throwing any non-fatal uncaught
-   * exceptions as IOException.  This is used when implementing Externalizable and Serializable's
-   * read and write methods, since Java's serializer will not report non-IOExceptions properly;
-   * see SPARK-4080 for more context.
-   */
-  def tryOrIOException(block: => Unit) {
-    try {
-      block
-    } catch {
-      case e: IOException => throw e
-      case NonFatal(t) => throw new IOException(t)
-    }
-  }
-
   /**
    * Execute a block of code that returns a value, re-throwing any non-fatal uncaught
    * exceptions as IOException. This is used when implementing Externalizable and Serializable's
@@ -1218,8 +1203,12 @@ private[spark] object Utils extends Logging {
     try {
       block
     } catch {
-      case e: IOException => throw e
-      case NonFatal(t) => throw new IOException(t)
+      case e: IOException =>
+        logError("Exception encountered", e)
+        throw e
+      case NonFatal(e) =>
+        logError("Exception encountered", e)
+        throw new IOException(e)
     }
   }
 
diff --git a/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/datasources/InsertIntoHadoopFsRelation.scala b/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/datasources/InsertIntoHadoopFsRelation.scala
index a30b52080fe19..e31380e17d409 100644
--- a/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/datasources/InsertIntoHadoopFsRelation.scala
+++ b/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/datasources/InsertIntoHadoopFsRelation.scala
@@ -88,11 +88,9 @@ private[sql] case class InsertIntoHadoopFsRelation(
       case (SaveMode.ErrorIfExists, true) =>
         throw new AnalysisException(s"path $qualifiedOutputPath already exists.")
       case (SaveMode.Overwrite, true) =>
-        Utils.tryOrIOException {
-          if (!fs.delete(qualifiedOutputPath, true /* recursively */)) {
-            throw new IOException(s"Unable to clear output " +
-              s"directory $qualifiedOutputPath prior to writing to it")
-          }
+        if (!fs.delete(qualifiedOutputPath, true /* recursively */)) {
+          throw new IOException(s"Unable to clear output " +
+            s"directory $qualifiedOutputPath prior to writing to it")
         }
         true
       case (SaveMode.Append, _) | (SaveMode.Overwrite, _) | (SaveMode.ErrorIfExists, false) =>