diff --git a/app/src/test/java/com/duckduckgo/subscriptions/impl/wideevents/AuthTokenRefreshWideEventTest.kt b/app/src/test/java/com/duckduckgo/subscriptions/impl/wideevents/AuthTokenRefreshWideEventTest.kt
index 3b405fb8b69a..d7ee0f56e514 100644
--- a/app/src/test/java/com/duckduckgo/subscriptions/impl/wideevents/AuthTokenRefreshWideEventTest.kt
+++ b/app/src/test/java/com/duckduckgo/subscriptions/impl/wideevents/AuthTokenRefreshWideEventTest.kt
@@ -180,7 +180,7 @@ class AuthTokenRefreshWideEventTest {
             metadata = mapOf("play_login_error" to "sign-in-required"),
         )
         verify(wideEventClient).intervalEnd(16L, "total_duration_ms_bucketed")
-        verify(wideEventClient).flowFinish(16L, FlowStatus.Failure("IllegalStateException: boom"), emptyMap())
+        verify(wideEventClient).flowFinish(16L, FlowStatus.Failure("IllegalStateException"), emptyMap())
 
         reset(wideEventClient)
 
@@ -230,7 +230,7 @@ class AuthTokenRefreshWideEventTest {
         authWideEvent.onFailure(IllegalArgumentException("nope"))
 
         verify(wideEventClient).intervalEnd(19L, "total_duration_ms_bucketed")
-        verify(wideEventClient).flowFinish(19L, FlowStatus.Failure("IllegalArgumentException: nope"), emptyMap())
+        verify(wideEventClient).flowFinish(19L, FlowStatus.Failure("IllegalArgumentException"), emptyMap())
     }
 
     @SuppressLint("DenyListedApi")
diff --git a/app/src/test/java/com/duckduckgo/subscriptions/impl/wideevents/SubscriptionPurchaseWideEventTest.kt b/app/src/test/java/com/duckduckgo/subscriptions/impl/wideevents/SubscriptionPurchaseWideEventTest.kt
index 56c97cb8341e..d6b9a12425eb 100644
--- a/app/src/test/java/com/duckduckgo/subscriptions/impl/wideevents/SubscriptionPurchaseWideEventTest.kt
+++ b/app/src/test/java/com/duckduckgo/subscriptions/impl/wideevents/SubscriptionPurchaseWideEventTest.kt
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ class SubscriptionPurchaseWideEventTest {
             verify(wideEventClient).flowStep(456L, "refresh_subscription", false)
             verify(wideEventClient).flowFinish(
                 wideEventId = 456L,
-                status = FlowStatus.Failure("IllegalStateException: boom"),
+                status = FlowStatus.Failure("IllegalStateException"),
                 metadata = emptyMap(),
             )
         }
diff --git a/subscriptions/subscriptions-impl/src/main/java/com/duckduckgo/subscriptions/impl/wideevents/AuthTokenRefreshWideEvent.kt b/subscriptions/subscriptions-impl/src/main/java/com/duckduckgo/subscriptions/impl/wideevents/AuthTokenRefreshWideEvent.kt
index 3d856c1a607d..d0d14b917a43 100644
--- a/subscriptions/subscriptions-impl/src/main/java/com/duckduckgo/subscriptions/impl/wideevents/AuthTokenRefreshWideEvent.kt
+++ b/subscriptions/subscriptions-impl/src/main/java/com/duckduckgo/subscriptions/impl/wideevents/AuthTokenRefreshWideEvent.kt
@@ -191,5 +191,4 @@ class AuthTokenRefreshWideEventImpl @Inject constructor(
     }
 }
 
-private fun Exception.toErrorString(): String =
-    listOfNotNull(javaClass.simpleName, message).joinToString(": ")
+private fun Exception.toErrorString(): String = javaClass.simpleName
diff --git a/subscriptions/subscriptions-impl/src/main/java/com/duckduckgo/subscriptions/impl/wideevents/SubscriptionPurchaseWideEvent.kt b/subscriptions/subscriptions-impl/src/main/java/com/duckduckgo/subscriptions/impl/wideevents/SubscriptionPurchaseWideEvent.kt
index f8f37b025b71..3902076e202b 100644
--- a/subscriptions/subscriptions-impl/src/main/java/com/duckduckgo/subscriptions/impl/wideevents/SubscriptionPurchaseWideEvent.kt
+++ b/subscriptions/subscriptions-impl/src/main/java/com/duckduckgo/subscriptions/impl/wideevents/SubscriptionPurchaseWideEvent.kt
@@ -337,5 +337,4 @@ class SubscriptionPurchaseWideEventImpl @Inject constructor(
     }
 }
 
-private fun Exception.toErrorString(): String =
-    listOf(javaClass.simpleName, message).joinToString(": ")
+private fun Exception.toErrorString(): String = javaClass.simpleName