diff --git a/src/util/io.hpp b/src/util/io.hpp
index 5a8034a..5d457fc 100644
--- a/src/util/io.hpp
+++ b/src/util/io.hpp
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 /* -*- Mode:C++; c-file-style:"gnu"; indent-tabs-mode:nil; -*- */
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 2013-2017 Regents of the University of California.
+ * Copyright (c) 2013-2018 Regents of the University of California.
  *
  * This file is part of ndn-cxx library (NDN C++ library with eXperimental eXtensions).
  *
@@ -33,11 +33,7 @@
 class Error : public std::runtime_error
 {
 public:
-  explicit
-  Error(const std::string& what)
-    : std::runtime_error(what)
-  {
-  }
+  using std::runtime_error::runtime_error;
 };
 
 /** \brief indicates how a file or stream is encoded