diff --git a/src/common.ts b/src/common.ts
index 5160ecef..4513cdc3 100644
--- a/src/common.ts
+++ b/src/common.ts
@@ -28,7 +28,6 @@ export class GaxiosError<T = any> extends Error {
     super(message);
     this.response = response;
     this.config = options;
-    this.response.data = translateData(options.responseType, response.data);
     this.code = response.status.toString();
   }
 }
@@ -203,18 +202,3 @@ export interface FetchHeaders {
     thisArg?: any
   ): void;
 }
-
-function translateData(responseType: string | undefined, data: any) {
-  switch (responseType) {
-    case 'stream':
-      return data;
-    case 'json':
-      return JSON.parse(JSON.stringify(data));
-    case 'arraybuffer':
-      return JSON.parse(Buffer.from(data).toString('utf8'));
-    case 'blob':
-      return JSON.parse(data.text());
-    default:
-      return JSON.parse(data.text());
-  }
-}
diff --git a/src/gaxios.ts b/src/gaxios.ts
index fc535ca6..7267af30 100644
--- a/src/gaxios.ts
+++ b/src/gaxios.ts
@@ -28,7 +28,6 @@ import {
   Headers,
 } from './common';
 import {getRetryConfig} from './retry';
-import {Stream} from 'stream';
 
 /* eslint-disable @typescript-eslint/no-explicit-any */
 
@@ -156,16 +155,6 @@ export class Gaxios {
         translatedResponse = await this._defaultAdapter(opts);
       }
       if (!opts.validateStatus!(translatedResponse.status)) {
-        if (opts.responseType === 'stream') {
-          let response = '';
-          await new Promise(resolve => {
-            (translatedResponse.data as Stream).on('data', chunk => {
-              response += chunk;
-            });
-            (translatedResponse.data as Stream).on('end', resolve);
-          });
-          translatedResponse.data = response as T;
-        }
         throw new GaxiosError<T>(
           `Request failed with status code ${translatedResponse.status}`,
           opts,
diff --git a/test/test.getch.ts b/test/test.getch.ts
index c3397db9..0297a188 100644
--- a/test/test.getch.ts
+++ b/test/test.getch.ts
@@ -56,49 +56,6 @@ describe('🚙 error handling', () => {
       return err.code === '500';
     });
   });
-
-  it('should throw the error as a GaxiosError object, regardless of Content-Type header', async () => {
-    const body = {
-      error: {
-        code: 404,
-        message: 'File not found',
-      },
-    };
-    const scope = nock(url).get('/').reply(404, body);
-    await assert.rejects(
-      request<JSON>({url, responseType: 'json'}),
-      (err: GaxiosError) => {
-        scope.done();
-        return (
-          err.code === '404' &&
-          err.message === 'Request failed with status code 404' &&
-          err.response?.data.error.message === 'File not found'
-        );
-      }
-    );
-  });
-
-  it('should throw the error as a GaxiosError object (with the message as a string), even if the request type is requested as an arraybuffer', async () => {
-    const body = {
-      error: {
-        code: 404,
-        message: 'File not found',
-      },
-    };
-    const scope = nock(url).get('/').reply(404, body);
-
-    await assert.rejects(
-      request<ArrayBuffer>({url, responseType: 'arraybuffer'}),
-      (err: GaxiosError) => {
-        scope.done();
-        return (
-          err.code === '404' &&
-          err.message === 'Request failed with status code 404' &&
-          err.response?.data.error.message === 'File not found'
-        );
-      }
-    );
-  });
 });
 
 describe('🥁 configuration options', () => {