diff --git a/src/json.hpp b/src/json.hpp
index 67d05cf2..4515ca67 100644
--- a/src/json.hpp
+++ b/src/json.hpp
@@ -9077,7 +9077,7 @@ class basic_json
             // immediately abort if stream is erroneous
             if (s.fail())
             {
-                throw std::invalid_argument("stream error: " +  std::string(strerror(errno)));
+                throw std::invalid_argument("stream error");
             }
 
             // fill buffer
diff --git a/src/json.hpp.re2c b/src/json.hpp.re2c
index cbd8b220..6d649db3 100644
--- a/src/json.hpp.re2c
+++ b/src/json.hpp.re2c
@@ -9077,7 +9077,7 @@ class basic_json
             // immediately abort if stream is erroneous
             if (s.fail())
             {
-                throw std::invalid_argument("stream error: " +  std::string(strerror(errno)));
+                throw std::invalid_argument("stream error");
             }
 
             // fill buffer