diff --git a/api/src/main/scala/ai/chronon/api/planner/LocalRunner.scala b/api/src/main/scala/ai/chronon/api/planner/LocalRunner.scala
index 04b646bcbb..1a24acf3a8 100644
--- a/api/src/main/scala/ai/chronon/api/planner/LocalRunner.scala
+++ b/api/src/main/scala/ai/chronon/api/planner/LocalRunner.scala
@@ -22,19 +22,9 @@ object LocalRunner {
     Constants.foldersToIgnore.exists(file.getPath.split("/").contains(_))
   }
 
-  private def tryParsingConf[T <: TBase[_, _]: Manifest: ClassTag](file: String): Option[T] =
-    try {
-      val res = Some(ThriftJsonCodec.fromJsonFile[T](file, check = true))
-      res
-    } catch {
-      case ex: Exception =>
-        throw new RuntimeException(s"Failed to parse file: $file", ex)
-    }
-
   def parseConfs[T <: TBase[_, _]: Manifest: ClassTag](confSubfolder: String): Seq[T] = listFiles(confSubfolder)
     .filterNot(isIgnorableFile)
-    .flatMap(tryParsingConf[T])
-    .toSeq
+    .map(ThriftJsonCodec.fromJsonFile(_, check = true))
 
   /** To run:
     * bazel build //api:planner_deploy.jar
diff --git a/api/src/main/scala/ai/chronon/api/planner/TableDependencies.scala b/api/src/main/scala/ai/chronon/api/planner/TableDependencies.scala
index d4d2362252..42ff35fe6c 100644
--- a/api/src/main/scala/ai/chronon/api/planner/TableDependencies.scala
+++ b/api/src/main/scala/ai/chronon/api/planner/TableDependencies.scala
@@ -1,21 +1,20 @@
 package ai.chronon.api.planner
 import ai.chronon.api
+import ai.chronon.api.{Accuracy, BootstrapPart, DataModel, TableDependency, TableInfo, Window}
 import ai.chronon.api.Extensions._
-import ai.chronon.api.ScalaJavaConversions.IteratorOps
-import ai.chronon.api.{Accuracy, DataModel, PartitionSpec, TableDependency, TableInfo, Window}
+import ai.chronon.api.ScalaJavaConversions.{IterableOps, IteratorOps}
+
 import scala.collection.JavaConverters._
-import ai.chronon.api.ScalaJavaConversions.IterableOps
-import ai.chronon.api.BootstrapPart
 
 object TableDependencies {
 
-  def fromStagingQuery(stagingQuery: api.StagingQuery)(implicit spec: PartitionSpec): Seq[TableDependency] = {
+  def fromStagingQuery(stagingQuery: api.StagingQuery): Seq[TableDependency] = {
     Option(stagingQuery.tableDependencies)
       .map(_.asScala.toSeq)
       .getOrElse(Seq.empty)
   }
 
-  def fromJoin(join: api.Join)(implicit spec: PartitionSpec): Seq[TableDependency] = {
+  def fromJoin(join: api.Join): Seq[TableDependency] = {
     val joinParts = Option(join.joinParts).map(_.iterator().toScala.toArray).getOrElse(Array.empty)
     val joinPartDeps = joinParts.flatMap((jp) => fromGroupBy(jp.groupBy))
     val leftDep = fromSource(join.left)