diff --git a/lib/github/error.rb b/lib/github/error.rb
index dfca3a18f9c..66d7afaa787 100644
--- a/lib/github/error.rb
+++ b/lib/github/error.rb
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
 module Github
-  Error = Class.new(StandardError)
-  RepositoryFetchError = Class.new(Github::Error)
+  RepositoryFetchError = Class.new(StandardError)
 end