diff --git a/lib/fs.js b/lib/fs.js
index 7087a5f03c5..7136911e60e 100644
--- a/lib/fs.js
+++ b/lib/fs.js
@@ -407,7 +407,7 @@ fs.accessSync = function(path, mode) {
   binding.access(pathModule.toNamespacedPath(path), mode, undefined, ctx);
 
   if (ctx.errno !== undefined) {
-    throw new errors.uvException(ctx);
+    throw errors.uvException(ctx);
   }
 };
 
@@ -638,7 +638,7 @@ function tryStatSync(fd, isUserFd) {
   binding.fstat(fd, undefined, ctx);
   if (ctx.errno !== undefined && !isUserFd) {
     fs.closeSync(fd);
-    throw new errors.uvException(ctx);
+    throw errors.uvException(ctx);
   }
 }
 
@@ -736,7 +736,7 @@ fs.closeSync = function(fd) {
   const ctx = {};
   binding.close(fd, undefined, ctx);
   if (ctx.errno !== undefined) {
-    throw new errors.uvException(ctx);
+    throw errors.uvException(ctx);
   }
 };
 
@@ -929,7 +929,7 @@ fs.renameSync = function(oldPath, newPath) {
   binding.rename(pathModule.toNamespacedPath(oldPath),
                  pathModule.toNamespacedPath(newPath), undefined, ctx);
   if (ctx.errno !== undefined) {
-    throw new errors.uvException(ctx);
+    throw errors.uvException(ctx);
   }
 };
 
@@ -999,7 +999,7 @@ fs.ftruncateSync = function(fd, len = 0) {
   const ctx = {};
   binding.ftruncate(fd, len, undefined, ctx);
   if (ctx.errno !== undefined) {
-    throw new errors.uvException(ctx);
+    throw errors.uvException(ctx);
   }
 };
 
@@ -1033,7 +1033,7 @@ fs.fdatasyncSync = function(fd) {
   const ctx = {};
   binding.fdatasync(fd, undefined, ctx);
   if (ctx.errno !== undefined) {
-    throw new errors.uvException(ctx);
+    throw errors.uvException(ctx);
   }
 };
 
@@ -1049,7 +1049,7 @@ fs.fsyncSync = function(fd) {
   const ctx = {};
   binding.fsync(fd, undefined, ctx);
   if (ctx.errno !== undefined) {
-    throw new errors.uvException(ctx);
+    throw errors.uvException(ctx);
   }
 };
 
@@ -1134,7 +1134,7 @@ fs.fstatSync = function(fd) {
   const ctx = { fd };
   binding.fstat(fd, undefined, ctx);
   if (ctx.errno !== undefined) {
-    throw new errors.uvException(ctx);
+    throw errors.uvException(ctx);
   }
   return statsFromValues();
 };
@@ -1146,7 +1146,7 @@ fs.lstatSync = function(path) {
   const ctx = { path };
   binding.lstat(pathModule.toNamespacedPath(path), undefined, ctx);
   if (ctx.errno !== undefined) {
-    throw new errors.uvException(ctx);
+    throw errors.uvException(ctx);
   }
   return statsFromValues();
 };
@@ -1158,7 +1158,7 @@ fs.statSync = function(path) {
   const ctx = { path };
   binding.stat(pathModule.toNamespacedPath(path), undefined, ctx);
   if (ctx.errno !== undefined) {
-    throw new errors.uvException(ctx);
+    throw errors.uvException(ctx);
   }
   return statsFromValues();
 };
@@ -1184,7 +1184,7 @@ fs.readlinkSync = function(path, options) {
   const result = binding.readlink(pathModule.toNamespacedPath(path),
                                   options.encoding, undefined, ctx);
   if (ctx.errno !== undefined) {
-    throw new errors.uvException(ctx);
+    throw errors.uvException(ctx);
   }
   return result;
 };
@@ -1264,7 +1264,7 @@ fs.symlinkSync = function(target, path, type) {
                   pathModule.toNamespacedPath(path), flags, undefined, ctx);
 
   if (ctx.errno !== undefined) {
-    throw new errors.uvException(ctx);
+    throw errors.uvException(ctx);
   } else if (ctx.error) {
     // TODO(joyeecheung): this is an encoding error usually caused by memory
     // problems. We need to figure out proper error code(s) for this.
@@ -1309,7 +1309,7 @@ fs.linkSync = function(existingPath, newPath) {
                               pathModule.toNamespacedPath(newPath),
                               undefined, ctx);
   if (ctx.errno !== undefined) {
-    throw new errors.uvException(ctx);
+    throw errors.uvException(ctx);
   }
   return result;
 };
@@ -1332,7 +1332,7 @@ fs.unlinkSync = function(path) {
   const ctx = { path };
   binding.unlink(pathModule.toNamespacedPath(path), undefined, ctx);
   if (ctx.errno !== undefined) {
-    throw new errors.uvException(ctx);
+    throw errors.uvException(ctx);
   }
 };
 
@@ -1939,7 +1939,7 @@ fs.realpathSync = function realpathSync(p, options) {
     const ctx = { path: base };
     binding.lstat(pathModule.toNamespacedPath(base), undefined, ctx);
     if (ctx.errno !== undefined) {
-      throw new errors.uvException(ctx);
+      throw errors.uvException(ctx);
     }
     knownHard[base] = true;
   }
@@ -1983,7 +1983,7 @@ fs.realpathSync = function realpathSync(p, options) {
       const ctx = { path: base };
       binding.lstat(baseLong, undefined, ctx);
       if (ctx.errno !== undefined) {
-        throw new errors.uvException(ctx);
+        throw errors.uvException(ctx);
       }
 
       if ((statValues[1/*mode*/] & S_IFMT) !== S_IFLNK) {
@@ -2008,11 +2008,11 @@ fs.realpathSync = function realpathSync(p, options) {
         const ctx = { path: base };
         binding.stat(baseLong, undefined, ctx);
         if (ctx.errno !== undefined) {
-          throw new errors.uvException(ctx);
+          throw errors.uvException(ctx);
         }
         linkTarget = binding.readlink(baseLong, undefined, undefined, ctx);
         if (ctx.errno !== undefined) {
-          throw new errors.uvException(ctx);
+          throw errors.uvException(ctx);
         }
       }
       resolvedLink = pathModule.resolve(previous, linkTarget);
@@ -2033,7 +2033,7 @@ fs.realpathSync = function realpathSync(p, options) {
       const ctx = { path: base };
       binding.lstat(pathModule.toNamespacedPath(base), undefined, ctx);
       if (ctx.errno !== undefined) {
-        throw new errors.uvException(ctx);
+        throw errors.uvException(ctx);
       }
       knownHard[base] = true;
     }