diff --git a/index.js b/index.js
index 3efae3d..60e275b 100644
--- a/index.js
+++ b/index.js
@@ -1,12 +1,19 @@
 "use strict";
 
-const createError = require("create-error");
+// NOTE: We don't actually inherit from the real Error here, because collecting stacktraces is very expensive and largely useless for our purposes. Validatem's own error reporting is clear enough, and if not, that's a bug in Validatem anyway.
+function ValidationError(message, properties) {
+	this.message = message;
 
-module.exports = createError("ValidationError", {
-	path: [],
-	// NOTE: The below are for potential future compatibility logic.
-	___validatem_isValidationError: true,
-	___validatem_errorVersion: 1
-});
+	Object.assign(this, {
+		path: [],
+		___validatem_isValidationError: true,
+		___validatem_errorVersion: 1
+	});
 
+	Object.assign(this, properties);
+}
+
+ValidationError.prototype.name = "ValidationError";
+
+module.exports = ValidationError;
 module.exports.__modulePath = __dirname;
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 1e5a6a7..8251045 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -4,8 +4,5 @@
   "main": "index.js",
   "repository": "http://git.cryto.net/validatem/error.git",
   "author": "Sven Slootweg <admin@cryto.net>",
-  "license": "WTFPL OR CC0-1.0",
-  "dependencies": {
-    "create-error": "^0.3.1"
-  }
+  "license": "WTFPL OR CC0-1.0"
 }