diff --git a/editors/code/package-lock.json b/editors/code/package-lock.json
index e737d6aceb..5c056463e0 100644
--- a/editors/code/package-lock.json
+++ b/editors/code/package-lock.json
@@ -753,11 +753,6 @@
                 "os-tmpdir": "~1.0.1"
             }
         },
-        "ts-nested-error": {
-            "version": "1.1.3",
-            "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/ts-nested-error/-/ts-nested-error-1.1.3.tgz",
-            "integrity": "sha512-CJSRAhXr6phdkuu65U/ctkY/TBzjkg2g1sL9juSG/PP3ONQNCbeksMy54OfCBTUt13hSpHNbnTO1OBPunOHj/Q=="
-        },
         "tslib": {
             "version": "1.10.0",
             "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/tslib/-/tslib-1.10.0.tgz",
diff --git a/editors/code/package.json b/editors/code/package.json
index ce7117c694..f687eb8d45 100644
--- a/editors/code/package.json
+++ b/editors/code/package.json
@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@
         "jsonc-parser": "^2.1.0",
         "node-fetch": "^2.6.0",
         "throttle-debounce": "^2.1.0",
-        "ts-nested-error": "^1.1.3",
         "vscode-languageclient": "^6.1.0"
     },
     "devDependencies": {
diff --git a/editors/code/src/installation/download_file.ts b/editors/code/src/installation/download_file.ts
index 591de0d31a..d154f4816c 100644
--- a/editors/code/src/installation/download_file.ts
+++ b/editors/code/src/installation/download_file.ts
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ import * as fs from "fs";
 import * as stream from "stream";
 import * as util from "util";
 import { strict as assert } from "assert";
-import { NestedError } from "ts-nested-error";
 
 const pipeline = util.promisify(stream.pipeline);
 
@@ -19,13 +18,13 @@ export async function downloadFile(
     destFilePermissions: number,
     onProgress: (readBytes: number, totalBytes: number) => void
 ): Promise<void> {
-    const res = await fetch(url).catch(NestedError.rethrow("Failed at initial fetch"));
+    const res = await fetch(url);
 
     if (!res.ok) {
         console.log("Error", res.status, "while downloading file from", url);
         console.dir({ body: await res.text(), headers: res.headers }, { depth: 3 });
 
-        throw new NestedError(`Got response ${res.status}`);
+        throw new Error(`Got response ${res.status} when trying to download a file.`);
     }
 
     const totalBytes = Number(res.headers.get('content-length'));
@@ -41,7 +40,7 @@ export async function downloadFile(
 
     const destFileStream = fs.createWriteStream(destFilePath, { mode: destFilePermissions });
 
-    await pipeline(res.body, destFileStream).catch(NestedError.rethrow("Piping file error"));
+    await pipeline(res.body, destFileStream);
     return new Promise<void>(resolve => {
         destFileStream.on("close", resolve);
         destFileStream.destroy();