diff --git a/js/libtextsecure.js b/js/libtextsecure.js
index 5d3b9c93a..40c33f3e4 100644
--- a/js/libtextsecure.js
+++ b/js/libtextsecure.js
@@ -39801,11 +39801,9 @@ window.textsecure.messaging = function() {
         };
 
         var registerError = function(number, message, error) {
-            if (error) {
-                if (error.humanError)
-                    message = error.humanError;
-            } else
+            if (!error) {
                 error = new Error(message);
+            }
             errors[errors.length] = { number: number, reason: message, error: error };
             numberCompleted();
         };
diff --git a/libtextsecure/sendmessage.js b/libtextsecure/sendmessage.js
index 8f0795e1a..849f093e5 100644
--- a/libtextsecure/sendmessage.js
+++ b/libtextsecure/sendmessage.js
@@ -120,11 +120,9 @@ window.textsecure.messaging = function() {
         };
 
         var registerError = function(number, message, error) {
-            if (error) {
-                if (error.humanError)
-                    message = error.humanError;
-            } else
+            if (!error) {
                 error = new Error(message);
+            }
             errors[errors.length] = { number: number, reason: message, error: error };
             numberCompleted();
         };