diff --git a/bindings/javascript/sqlite-error.js b/bindings/javascript/sqlite-error.js
index 82356bc36..93e86d1fd 100644
--- a/bindings/javascript/sqlite-error.js
+++ b/bindings/javascript/sqlite-error.js
@@ -1,22 +1,14 @@
 'use strict';
-const descriptor = { value: 'SqliteError', writable: true, enumerable: false, configurable: true };
 
-function SqliteError(message, code, rawCode) {
-        if (new.target !== SqliteError) {
-                return new SqliteError(message, code);
-        }
-        if (typeof code !== 'string') {
-                throw new TypeError('Expected second argument to be a string');
-        }
-        Error.call(this, message);
-        descriptor.value = '' + message;
-        Object.defineProperty(this, 'message', descriptor);
-        Error.captureStackTrace(this, SqliteError);
-        this.code = code;
-        this.rawCode = rawCode
+class SqliteError extends Error {
+  constructor(message, code, rawCode) {
+    super(message);
+    this.name    = 'SqliteError';
+    this.code    = code;
+    this.rawCode = rawCode;
+
+    Error.captureStackTrace(this, SqliteError);
+  }
 }
-Object.setPrototypeOf(SqliteError, Error);
-Object.setPrototypeOf(SqliteError.prototype, Error.prototype);
-Object.defineProperty(SqliteError.prototype, 'name', descriptor);
-module.exports = SqliteError;
 
+module.exports = SqliteError;