diff --git a/zio-http/shared/src/main/scala/zio/http/ZClient.scala b/zio-http/shared/src/main/scala/zio/http/ZClient.scala
index 1b8aa6431b..014d77cca6 100644
--- a/zio-http/shared/src/main/scala/zio/http/ZClient.scala
+++ b/zio-http/shared/src/main/scala/zio/http/ZClient.scala
@@ -670,7 +670,7 @@ object ZClient extends ZClientPlatformSpecific {
         webSocketUrl <- url.scheme match {
           case Some(Scheme.HTTP) | Some(Scheme.WS) | None => ZIO.succeed(url.scheme(Scheme.WS))
           case Some(Scheme.WSS) | Some(Scheme.HTTPS)      => ZIO.succeed(url.scheme(Scheme.WSS))
-          case _ => ZIO.fail(throw new IllegalArgumentException("URL's scheme MUST be WS(S) or HTTP(S)"))
+          case _ => ZIO.fail(new IllegalArgumentException("URL's scheme MUST be WS(S) or HTTP(S)"))
         }
         scope        <- ZIO.scope
         res          <- requestAsync(
diff --git a/zio-http/shared/src/main/scala/zio/http/codec/HttpContentCodec.scala b/zio-http/shared/src/main/scala/zio/http/codec/HttpContentCodec.scala
index 3f8a3f29a2..916742b9e9 100644
--- a/zio-http/shared/src/main/scala/zio/http/codec/HttpContentCodec.scala
+++ b/zio-http/shared/src/main/scala/zio/http/codec/HttpContentCodec.scala
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ sealed trait HttpContentCodec[A] { self =>
           ZIO.fromEither(codec.codec(config).decode(bytes))
         }
       case None             =>
-        ZIO.fail(throw new IllegalArgumentException(s"No codec found for content type $contentType"))
+        ZIO.fail(new IllegalArgumentException(s"No codec found for content type $contentType"))
     }
   }
 
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ sealed trait HttpContentCodec[A] { self =>
           ZIO.fromEither(codec.codec(config).decode(bytes))
         }
       case None             =>
-        ZIO.fail(throw new IllegalArgumentException(s"No codec found for content type $contentType"))
+        ZIO.fail(new IllegalArgumentException(s"No codec found for content type $contentType"))
     }
   }