diff --git a/src/exceptions.cc b/src/exceptions.cc
index d1c0794e82fde4..c9e308240fe771 100644
--- a/src/exceptions.cc
+++ b/src/exceptions.cc
@@ -84,15 +84,6 @@ static Local<String> StringFromPath(Isolate* isolate, const char* path) {
 }
 
 
-Local<Value> UVException(Isolate* isolate,
-                         int errorno,
-                         const char* syscall,
-                         const char* msg,
-                         const char* path) {
-  return UVException(isolate, errorno, syscall, msg, path, nullptr);
-}
-
-
 Local<Value> UVException(Isolate* isolate,
                          int errorno,
                          const char* syscall,
diff --git a/src/node.h b/src/node.h
index eea81f443eb1a7..e9757a81f22895 100644
--- a/src/node.h
+++ b/src/node.h
@@ -118,13 +118,8 @@ NODE_EXTERN v8::Local<v8::Value> UVException(v8::Isolate* isolate,
                                              int errorno,
                                              const char* syscall = nullptr,
                                              const char* message = nullptr,
-                                             const char* path = nullptr);
-NODE_EXTERN v8::Local<v8::Value> UVException(v8::Isolate* isolate,
-                                             int errorno,
-                                             const char* syscall,
-                                             const char* message,
-                                             const char* path,
-                                             const char* dest);
+                                             const char* path = nullptr,
+                                             const char* dest = nullptr);
 
 NODE_DEPRECATED("Use ErrnoException(isolate, ...)",
                 inline v8::Local<v8::Value> ErrnoException(