diff --git a/compiler/android-tests/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/android/tests/run/RunUtils.java b/compiler/android-tests/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/android/tests/run/RunUtils.java
index 2cc662bd7c6..21d4b1d47eb 100644
--- a/compiler/android-tests/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/android/tests/run/RunUtils.java
+++ b/compiler/android-tests/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/android/tests/run/RunUtils.java
@@ -111,10 +111,7 @@ public class RunUtils {
             }
             close(handler.getProcessInput());
         }
-        catch (ExecutionException e) {
-            return new RunResult(false, getStackTrace(e));
-        }
-        catch (IOException e) {
+        catch (ExecutionException | IOException e) {
             return new RunResult(false, getStackTrace(e));
         }
 
diff --git a/compiler/backend/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/codegen/ExpressionCodegen.java b/compiler/backend/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/codegen/ExpressionCodegen.java
index e11f39491df..a304b30b7d3 100644
--- a/compiler/backend/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/codegen/ExpressionCodegen.java
+++ b/compiler/backend/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/codegen/ExpressionCodegen.java
@@ -313,10 +313,7 @@ public class ExpressionCodegen extends KtVisitor<StackValue, StackValue> impleme
 
             return genNotNullAssertions(state, stackValue, runtimeAssertionInfo);
         }
-        catch (ProcessCanceledException e) {
-            throw e;
-        }
-        catch (CompilationException e) {
+        catch (ProcessCanceledException | CompilationException e) {
             throw e;
         }
         catch (Throwable error) {
diff --git a/compiler/backend/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/codegen/ImplementationBodyCodegen.java b/compiler/backend/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/codegen/ImplementationBodyCodegen.java
index 67598ddd45f..71d6eb6d5a4 100644
--- a/compiler/backend/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/codegen/ImplementationBodyCodegen.java
+++ b/compiler/backend/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/codegen/ImplementationBodyCodegen.java
@@ -381,10 +381,7 @@ public class ImplementationBodyCodegen extends ClassBodyCodegen {
                 generateSecondaryConstructor(secondaryConstructor);
             }
         }
-        catch (CompilationException e) {
-            throw e;
-        }
-        catch (ProcessCanceledException e) {
+        catch (CompilationException | ProcessCanceledException e) {
             throw e;
         }
         catch (RuntimeException e) {
diff --git a/compiler/backend/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/codegen/MemberCodegen.java b/compiler/backend/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/codegen/MemberCodegen.java
index 4f051b8ffd6..432592d5d9d 100644
--- a/compiler/backend/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/codegen/MemberCodegen.java
+++ b/compiler/backend/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/codegen/MemberCodegen.java
@@ -193,10 +193,7 @@ public abstract class MemberCodegen<T extends KtPureElement/* TODO: & KtDeclarat
             try {
                 functionCodegen.gen((KtNamedFunction) declaration);
             }
-            catch (ProcessCanceledException e) {
-                throw e;
-            }
-            catch (CompilationException e) {
+            catch (ProcessCanceledException | CompilationException e) {
                 throw e;
             }
             catch (Exception e) {
@@ -207,10 +204,7 @@ public abstract class MemberCodegen<T extends KtPureElement/* TODO: & KtDeclarat
             try {
                 propertyCodegen.gen((KtProperty) declaration);
             }
-            catch (ProcessCanceledException e) {
-                throw e;
-            }
-            catch (CompilationException e) {
+            catch (ProcessCanceledException | CompilationException e) {
                 throw e;
             }
             catch (Exception e) {
diff --git a/compiler/cli/cli-common/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/cli/common/modules/ModuleXmlParser.java b/compiler/cli/cli-common/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/cli/common/modules/ModuleXmlParser.java
index bd5e764d151..bac2db4278f 100644
--- a/compiler/cli/cli-common/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/cli/common/modules/ModuleXmlParser.java
+++ b/compiler/cli/cli-common/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/cli/common/modules/ModuleXmlParser.java
@@ -99,15 +99,12 @@ public class ModuleXmlParser {
             });
             return new ModuleScriptData(modules);
         }
-        catch (ParserConfigurationException e) {
+        catch (ParserConfigurationException | IOException e) {
             MessageCollectorUtil.reportException(messageCollector, e);
         }
         catch (SAXException e) {
             messageCollector.report(ERROR, OutputMessageUtil.renderException(e), NO_LOCATION);
         }
-        catch (IOException e) {
-            MessageCollectorUtil.reportException(messageCollector, e);
-        }
         return ModuleScriptData.EMPTY;
     }
 
diff --git a/compiler/frontend/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/resolve/calls/inference/ConstraintsUtil.java b/compiler/frontend/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/resolve/calls/inference/ConstraintsUtil.java
index 0147e1bcc60..b4a4bbd514e 100644
--- a/compiler/frontend/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/resolve/calls/inference/ConstraintsUtil.java
+++ b/compiler/frontend/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/resolve/calls/inference/ConstraintsUtil.java
@@ -145,10 +145,7 @@ public class ConstraintsUtil {
                     sb.append("\n");
                 }
             }
-            catch (IllegalAccessException e) {
-                sb.append(e.getMessage());
-            }
-            catch (InvocationTargetException e) {
+            catch (IllegalAccessException | InvocationTargetException e) {
                 sb.append(e.getMessage());
             }
         }
diff --git a/compiler/frontend/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/types/expressions/ExpressionTypingVisitorDispatcher.java b/compiler/frontend/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/types/expressions/ExpressionTypingVisitorDispatcher.java
index 767e596d526..c9f9dba1864 100644
--- a/compiler/frontend/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/types/expressions/ExpressionTypingVisitorDispatcher.java
+++ b/compiler/frontend/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/types/expressions/ExpressionTypingVisitorDispatcher.java
@@ -216,10 +216,7 @@ public abstract class ExpressionTypingVisitorDispatcher extends KtVisitor<Kotlin
                     }
                     return result;
                 }
-                catch (ProcessCanceledException e) {
-                    throw e;
-                }
-                catch (KotlinFrontEndException e) {
+                catch (ProcessCanceledException | KotlinFrontEndException e) {
                     throw e;
                 }
                 catch (Throwable e) {
diff --git a/compiler/preloader/instrumentation/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/preloading/instrumentation/InterceptionInstrumenter.java b/compiler/preloader/instrumentation/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/preloading/instrumentation/InterceptionInstrumenter.java
index bb60810ef9e..9ed1e74fc56 100644
--- a/compiler/preloader/instrumentation/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/preloading/instrumentation/InterceptionInstrumenter.java
+++ b/compiler/preloader/instrumentation/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/preloading/instrumentation/InterceptionInstrumenter.java
@@ -227,10 +227,7 @@ public class InterceptionInstrumenter {
                         method.invoke(interceptor, out);
                     }
                 }
-                catch (IllegalAccessException e) {
-                    throw new IllegalStateException(e);
-                }
-                catch (InvocationTargetException e) {
+                catch (IllegalAccessException | InvocationTargetException e) {
                     throw new IllegalStateException(e);
                 }
                 out.println(">>>");
diff --git a/compiler/tests-common/org/jetbrains/kotlin/codegen/flags/AbstractWriteFlagsTest.java b/compiler/tests-common/org/jetbrains/kotlin/codegen/flags/AbstractWriteFlagsTest.java
index 363598cd8ac..730dec812c2 100644
--- a/compiler/tests-common/org/jetbrains/kotlin/codegen/flags/AbstractWriteFlagsTest.java
+++ b/compiler/tests-common/org/jetbrains/kotlin/codegen/flags/AbstractWriteFlagsTest.java
@@ -184,10 +184,7 @@ public abstract class AbstractWriteFlagsTest extends CodegenTestCase {
                 Field field = klass.getDeclaredField(flag);
                 expectedAccess |= field.getInt(klass);
             }
-            catch (NoSuchFieldException e) {
-                throw new IllegalArgumentException("Cannot find " + flag + " field in Opcodes class", e);
-            }
-            catch (IllegalAccessException e) {
+            catch (NoSuchFieldException | IllegalAccessException e) {
                 throw new IllegalArgumentException("Cannot find " + flag + " field in Opcodes class", e);
             }
         }
diff --git a/compiler/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/asJava/KotlinLightClassCoherenceTest.java b/compiler/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/asJava/KotlinLightClassCoherenceTest.java
index a7e3e31e61c..9a0d42c6cd2 100644
--- a/compiler/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/asJava/KotlinLightClassCoherenceTest.java
+++ b/compiler/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/asJava/KotlinLightClassCoherenceTest.java
@@ -87,20 +87,13 @@ public class KotlinLightClassCoherenceTest extends KotlinAsJavaTestBase {
         }
 
         public void assertPropertyCoherent(KtLightClass lightClass, String methodName) {
-            Class<?> reflect = PsiClass.class;
             try {
-                Method method = reflect.getMethod(methodName);
+                Method method = PsiClass.class.getMethod(methodName);
                 Object lightResult = method.invoke(lightClass);
                 Object delegateResult = method.invoke(lightClass.getClsDelegate());
                 assertEquals("Result of method " + methodName + "() differs in light class and its delegate", delegateResult, lightResult);
             }
-            catch (NoSuchMethodException e) {
-                throw new AssertionError(e);
-            }
-            catch (InvocationTargetException e) {
-                throw new AssertionError(e);
-            }
-            catch (IllegalAccessException e) {
+            catch (NoSuchMethodException | IllegalAccessException | InvocationTargetException e) {
                 throw new AssertionError(e);
             }
         }
diff --git a/compiler/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/codegen/StdlibTest.java b/compiler/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/codegen/StdlibTest.java
index ab01bf03ba4..cd53406ccdd 100644
--- a/compiler/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/codegen/StdlibTest.java
+++ b/compiler/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/codegen/StdlibTest.java
@@ -142,12 +142,9 @@ public class StdlibTest extends KotlinTestWithEnvironment {
             return TestCase.class.isAssignableFrom(aClass) ? new TestSuite(aClass) :
                    TestRunnerUtil.isJUnit4TestClass(aClass) ? new JUnit4TestAdapter(aClass) : null;
         }
-        catch (NoSuchMethodException e) {
+        catch (NoSuchMethodException | ClassNotFoundException e) {
             // Ignore test classes we can't instantiate
             return null;
         }
-        catch (ClassNotFoundException e) {
-            return null;
-        }
     }
 }
diff --git a/idea/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/idea/debugger/KotlinDebuggerTestCase.java b/idea/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/idea/debugger/KotlinDebuggerTestCase.java
index 817a1636d39..68341ce7d35 100644
--- a/idea/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/idea/debugger/KotlinDebuggerTestCase.java
+++ b/idea/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/idea/debugger/KotlinDebuggerTestCase.java
@@ -165,13 +165,7 @@ public abstract class KotlinDebuggerTestCase extends DescriptorTestCase {
 
             ourOutputRootField.set(null, LOCAL_CACHE_APP_DIR);
         }
-        catch (NoSuchFieldException e) {
-            throw ExceptionUtilsKt.rethrow(e);
-        }
-        catch (IllegalAccessException e) {
-            throw ExceptionUtilsKt.rethrow(e);
-        }
-        catch (IOException e) {
+        catch (NoSuchFieldException | IOException | IllegalAccessException e) {
             throw ExceptionUtilsKt.rethrow(e);
         }
     }
diff --git a/js/js.translator/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/js/translate/declaration/PackageDeclarationTranslator.java b/js/js.translator/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/js/translate/declaration/PackageDeclarationTranslator.java
index 92c2a70b24c..3d040846cb6 100644
--- a/js/js.translator/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/js/translate/declaration/PackageDeclarationTranslator.java
+++ b/js/js.translator/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/js/translate/declaration/PackageDeclarationTranslator.java
@@ -54,10 +54,7 @@ public final class PackageDeclarationTranslator extends AbstractTranslator {
             catch (TranslationRuntimeException e) {
                 throw e;
             }
-            catch (RuntimeException e) {
-                throw new TranslationRuntimeException(file, e);
-            }
-            catch (AssertionError e) {
+            catch (RuntimeException | AssertionError e) {
                 throw new TranslationRuntimeException(file, e);
             }
         }
diff --git a/js/js.translator/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/js/translate/general/Translation.java b/js/js.translator/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/js/translate/general/Translation.java
index bfa37c7291e..401e7ce2f18 100644
--- a/js/js.translator/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/js/translate/general/Translation.java
+++ b/js/js.translator/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/js/translate/general/Translation.java
@@ -168,10 +168,7 @@ public final class Translation {
         catch (TranslationRuntimeException e) {
             throw e;
         }
-        catch (RuntimeException e) {
-            throw new TranslationRuntimeException(expression, e);
-        }
-        catch (AssertionError e) {
+        catch (RuntimeException | AssertionError e) {
             throw new TranslationRuntimeException(expression, e);
         }
     }