diff --git a/cosmwasm/ucs01-relay-api/src/types.rs b/cosmwasm/ucs01-relay-api/src/types.rs
index 9224c79b1a..e5b9834d2a 100644
--- a/cosmwasm/ucs01-relay-api/src/types.rs
+++ b/cosmwasm/ucs01-relay-api/src/types.rs
@@ -332,8 +332,8 @@ impl TryFrom<Binary> for Ics20Ack {
 impl From<Ics20Ack> for GenericAck {
     fn from(value: Ics20Ack) -> Self {
         match value {
-            Ics20Ack::Result(err) => Ok(err),
-            Ics20Ack::Error(err) => Err(err.into_bytes().into()),
+            Ics20Ack::Result(_) => Ok(value.try_into().unwrap()),
+            Ics20Ack::Error(_) => Err(value.try_into().unwrap()),
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/cosmwasm/ucs01-relay/src/protocol.rs b/cosmwasm/ucs01-relay/src/protocol.rs
index 9b8c9f7f1d..ef7c05c966 100644
--- a/cosmwasm/ucs01-relay/src/protocol.rs
+++ b/cosmwasm/ucs01-relay/src/protocol.rs
@@ -729,7 +729,7 @@ impl<'a> TransferProtocol for Ics20Protocol<'a> {
         match foreign_protocol {
             Ucs01Protocol::VERSION => Ok(match ack {
                 Ok(_) => Ucs01Protocol::ack_success(),
-                Err(e) => Ucs01Protocol::ack_failure(e.to_string()),
+                Err(_) => Ucs01Protocol::ack_failure("".into()),
             }
             .into()),
             Ics20Protocol::VERSION => Ok(ack),