diff --git a/lib/rdf/iri.ex b/lib/rdf/iri.ex
index 3d4e5ed..8633127 100644
--- a/lib/rdf/iri.ex
+++ b/lib/rdf/iri.ex
@@ -97,11 +97,9 @@ defmodule RDF.IRI do
   def absolute?(%URI{scheme: nil}),           do: false
   def absolute?(%URI{scheme: _}),             do: true
   def absolute?(qname) when is_atom(qname) and not qname in [nil, true, false] do
-    try do
-      qname |> Namespace.resolve_term |> absolute?()
-    rescue
-      _ -> false
-    end
+    qname |> Namespace.resolve_term |> absolute?()
+  rescue
+    _ -> false
   end
   def absolute?(_), do: false
 
diff --git a/lib/rdf/serialization/serialization.ex b/lib/rdf/serialization/serialization.ex
index d7be716..ad03d64 100644
--- a/lib/rdf/serialization/serialization.ex
+++ b/lib/rdf/serialization/serialization.ex
@@ -55,13 +55,11 @@ defmodule RDF.Serialization do
   def format(name)
 
   def format(name) when is_binary(name) do
-    try do
-      name
-      |> String.to_existing_atom
-      |> format()
-    rescue
-      ArgumentError -> nil
-    end
+    name
+    |> String.to_existing_atom
+    |> format()
+  rescue
+    ArgumentError -> nil
   end
 
   def format(name) do
diff --git a/lib/rdf/serializations/turtle_decoder.ex b/lib/rdf/serializations/turtle_decoder.ex
index 1e5df64..e498a81 100644
--- a/lib/rdf/serializations/turtle_decoder.ex
+++ b/lib/rdf/serializations/turtle_decoder.ex
@@ -46,22 +46,20 @@ defmodule RDF.Turtle.Decoder do
   def parse(tokens), do: tokens |> :turtle_parser.parse
 
   defp build_graph(ast, base) do
-    try do
-      {graph, _} =
-        Enum.reduce ast, {RDF.Graph.new, %State{base_iri: base}}, fn
-          {:triples, triples_ast}, {graph, state} ->
-            with {statements, state} = triples(triples_ast, state) do
-              {RDF.Graph.add(graph, statements), state}
-            end
+    {graph, _} =
+      Enum.reduce ast, {RDF.Graph.new, %State{base_iri: base}}, fn
+        {:triples, triples_ast}, {graph, state} ->
+          with {statements, state} = triples(triples_ast, state) do
+            {RDF.Graph.add(graph, statements), state}
+          end
 
-          {:directive, directive_ast}, {graph, state} ->
-            {graph, directive(directive_ast, state)}
+        {:directive, directive_ast}, {graph, state} ->
+          {graph, directive(directive_ast, state)}
 
-        end
-      {:ok, graph}
-    rescue
-      error -> {:error, Exception.message(error)}
-    end
+      end
+    {:ok, graph}
+  rescue
+    error -> {:error, Exception.message(error)}
   end
 
   defp directive({:prefix, {:prefix_ns, _, ns}, iri}, state) do