diff --git a/packages/@ember/error/index.d.ts b/packages/@ember/error/index.d.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 88d2082933f..00000000000
--- a/packages/@ember/error/index.d.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-export default class EmberError extends Error {}
diff --git a/packages/@ember/error/index.js b/packages/@ember/error/index.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 34d95bf79dc..00000000000
--- a/packages/@ember/error/index.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,28 +0,0 @@
-/**
-  A subclass of the JavaScript Error object for use in Ember.
-
-  @class Error
-  @namespace Ember
-  @extends Error
-  @constructor
-  @public
-*/
-export default function EmberError(message) {
-  if (!(this instanceof EmberError)) {
-    return new EmberError(message);
-  }
-
-  let error = Error.call(this, message);
-
-  this.stack = error.stack;
-  this.description = error.description;
-  this.fileName = error.fileName;
-  this.lineNumber = error.lineNumber;
-  this.message = error.message;
-  this.name = error.name;
-  this.number = error.number;
-  this.code = error.code;
-}
-
-EmberError.prototype = Object.create(Error.prototype);
-EmberError.prototype.constructor = EmberError;
diff --git a/packages/@ember/error/index.ts b/packages/@ember/error/index.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..17154b1b671
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/@ember/error/index.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+/**
+ @module @ember/error
+*/
+
+/**
+  The JavaScript Error object used by Ember.assert.
+
+  @class Error
+  @namespace Ember
+  @extends Error
+  @constructor
+  @public
+*/
+export default Error;