diff --git a/rq/exceptions.py b/rq/exceptions.py
index 94b22bf..88bbbb0 100644
--- a/rq/exceptions.py
+++ b/rq/exceptions.py
@@ -11,10 +11,6 @@ class InvalidJobOperationError(Exception):
     pass
 
 
-class NoQueueError(Exception):
-    pass
-
-
 class UnpickleError(Exception):
     def __init__(self, message, raw_data, inner_exception=None):
         super(UnpickleError, self).__init__(message, inner_exception)
diff --git a/rq/worker.py b/rq/worker.py
index 27df2dd..ee048c3 100644
--- a/rq/worker.py
+++ b/rq/worker.py
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ import warnings
 from rq.compat import as_text, string_types, text_type
 
 from .connections import get_current_connection
-from .exceptions import DequeueTimeout, NoQueueError
+from .exceptions import DequeueTimeout
 from .job import Job, JobStatus
 from .logutils import setup_loghandlers
 from .queue import get_failed_queue, Queue
@@ -163,7 +163,7 @@ class Worker(object):
         """Sanity check for the given queues."""
         for queue in self.queues:
             if not isinstance(queue, self.queue_class):
-                raise NoQueueError('{0} is not a queue'.format(queue))
+                raise TypeError('{0} is not a Queue or a string'.format(queue))
 
     def process_queue_args(self, queue_args):
         """Allow for a string, a queue an iterable of strings or an iterable of queues"""
diff --git a/tests/test_worker.py b/tests/test_worker.py
index 62d2876..016f83c 100644
--- a/tests/test_worker.py
+++ b/tests/test_worker.py
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@ from tests.helpers import strip_microseconds
 
 from rq import get_failed_queue, Queue, SimpleWorker, Worker
 from rq.compat import as_text
-from rq.exceptions import NoQueueError
 from rq.job import Job, JobStatus
 from rq.registry import StartedJobRegistry
 from rq.suspension import resume, suspend
@@ -26,44 +25,35 @@ class CustomJob(Job):
 
 class TestWorker(RQTestCase):
     def test_create_worker(self):
-        """Worker creation."""
-        fooq, barq = Queue('foo'), Queue('bar')
-        w = Worker([fooq, barq])
-        self.assertEquals(w.queues, [fooq, barq])
-
-    def test_create_worker_args_single_queue(self):
-        """Test Worker creation with single queue instance arg"""
-        fooq = Queue('foo')
-        w = Worker(fooq)
-        self.assertEquals(w.queue_keys(), ['rq:queue:foo'])
+        """Worker creation using various inputs."""
 
-    def test_create_worker_args_single_string(self):
-        """ Test Worker creation with single string arg"""
+        # With single string argument
         w = Worker('foo')
-        self.assertEquals(w.queue_keys(),['rq:queue:foo'])
+        self.assertEquals(w.queues[0].name, 'foo')
 
-    def test_create_worker_args_iterable_strings(self):
-        """ Test Worker creation with iterable of strings"""
+        # With list of strings
         w = Worker(['foo', 'bar'])
-        self.assertEquals(w.queue_keys(),['rq:queue:foo', 'rq:queue:bar'])
-
-    def test_create_worker_args_iterable_queues(self):
-        """ Test Worker test worker creation 
-        with an iterable of queue instance args"""
-        w = Worker(map(Queue, ['foo', 'bar']))
-        self.assertEquals(w.queue_keys(),['rq:queue:foo', 'rq:queue:bar'])
-
-    def test_create_worker_args_list_map(self):
-        """ Test Worker test worker creation 
-        with a list of queue from map"""
-        w = Worker(list(map(Queue, ['foo', 'bar'])))
-        self.assertEquals(w.queue_keys(),['rq:queue:foo', 'rq:queue:bar'])
-
-    def test_create_worker_raises_noqueue_error(self):
-        """ make sure raises noqueue error if a
-        a non string or queue is passed"""
-        with self.assertRaises(NoQueueError):
-            w = Worker([1])
+        self.assertEquals(w.queues[0].name, 'foo')
+        self.assertEquals(w.queues[1].name, 'bar')
+
+        # With iterable of strings
+        w = Worker(iter(['foo', 'bar']))
+        self.assertEquals(w.queues[0].name, 'foo')
+        self.assertEquals(w.queues[1].name, 'bar')
+
+        # With single Queue
+        w = Worker(Queue('foo'))
+        self.assertEquals(w.queues[0].name, 'foo')
+
+        # With iterable of Queues
+        w = Worker(iter([Queue('foo'), Queue('bar')]))
+        self.assertEquals(w.queues[0].name, 'foo')
+        self.assertEquals(w.queues[1].name, 'bar')
+
+        # With list of Queues
+        w = Worker([Queue('foo'), Queue('bar')])
+        self.assertEquals(w.queues[0].name, 'foo')
+        self.assertEquals(w.queues[1].name, 'bar')
 
     def test_work_and_quit(self):
         """Worker processes work, then quits."""