diff --git a/index.js b/index.js
index c425f1e..d66f2e4 100644
--- a/index.js
+++ b/index.js
@@ -13,22 +13,30 @@
  */
 
 var deprecate = require('depd')('http-errors')
-var setPrototypeOf = require('setprototypeof')
 var statuses = require('statuses')
-var inherits = require('inherits')
 var toIdentifier = require('toidentifier')
 
+class HttpError extends Error {
+  constructor (status, message) {
+    if (new.target === HttpError) {
+      throw new TypeError('cannot construct abstract class')
+    }
+    super(message)
+    this.status = this.statusCode = status
+  }
+}
+
 /**
  * Module exports.
  * @public
  */
 
 module.exports = createError
-module.exports.HttpError = createHttpErrorConstructor()
-module.exports.isHttpError = createIsHttpErrorFunction(module.exports.HttpError)
+module.exports.HttpError = HttpError
+module.exports.isHttpError = createIsHttpErrorFunction(HttpError)
 
 // Populate exports for all constructors
-populateConstructorExports(module.exports, statuses.codes, module.exports.HttpError)
+populateConstructorExports(module.exports, statuses.codes, HttpError)
 
 /**
  * Get the code class of a status code.
@@ -86,7 +94,6 @@ function createError () {
     err = HttpError
       ? new HttpError(msg)
       : new Error(msg || statuses.message[status])
-    Error.captureStackTrace(err, createError)
   }
 
   if (!HttpError || !(err instanceof HttpError) || err.status !== status) {
@@ -104,21 +111,6 @@ function createError () {
   return err
 }
 
-/**
- * Create HTTP error abstract base class.
- * @private
- */
-
-function createHttpErrorConstructor () {
-  function HttpError () {
-    throw new TypeError('cannot construct abstract class')
-  }
-
-  inherits(HttpError, Error)
-
-  return HttpError
-}
-
 /**
  * Create a constructor for a client error.
  * @private
@@ -127,39 +119,16 @@ function createHttpErrorConstructor () {
 function createClientErrorConstructor (HttpError, name, code) {
   var className = toClassName(name)
 
-  function ClientError (message) {
-    // create the error object
-    var msg = message != null ? message : statuses.message[code]
-    var err = new Error(msg)
-
-    // capture a stack trace to the construction point
-    Error.captureStackTrace(err, ClientError)
-
-    // adjust the [[Prototype]]
-    setPrototypeOf(err, ClientError.prototype)
-
-    // redefine the error message
-    Object.defineProperty(err, 'message', {
-      enumerable: true,
-      configurable: true,
-      value: msg,
-      writable: true
-    })
-
-    // redefine the error name
-    Object.defineProperty(err, 'name', {
-      enumerable: false,
-      configurable: true,
-      value: className,
-      writable: true
-    })
-
-    return err
+  class ClientError extends HttpError {
+    constructor (message) {
+      const msg = message != null ? message : statuses.message[code]
+      super(code, msg)
+    }
   }
 
-  inherits(ClientError, HttpError)
   nameFunc(ClientError, className)
 
+  ClientError.prototype.name = className
   ClientError.prototype.status = code
   ClientError.prototype.statusCode = code
   ClientError.prototype.expose = true
@@ -196,39 +165,16 @@ function createIsHttpErrorFunction (HttpError) {
 function createServerErrorConstructor (HttpError, name, code) {
   var className = toClassName(name)
 
-  function ServerError (message) {
-    // create the error object
-    var msg = message != null ? message : statuses.message[code]
-    var err = new Error(msg)
-
-    // capture a stack trace to the construction point
-    Error.captureStackTrace(err, ServerError)
-
-    // adjust the [[Prototype]]
-    setPrototypeOf(err, ServerError.prototype)
-
-    // redefine the error message
-    Object.defineProperty(err, 'message', {
-      enumerable: true,
-      configurable: true,
-      value: msg,
-      writable: true
-    })
-
-    // redefine the error name
-    Object.defineProperty(err, 'name', {
-      enumerable: false,
-      configurable: true,
-      value: className,
-      writable: true
-    })
-
-    return err
+  class ServerError extends HttpError {
+    constructor (message) {
+      var msg = message != null ? message : statuses.message[code]
+      super(code, msg)
+    }
   }
 
-  inherits(ServerError, HttpError)
   nameFunc(ServerError, className)
 
+  ServerError.prototype.name = className
   ServerError.prototype.status = code
   ServerError.prototype.statusCode = code
   ServerError.prototype.expose = false
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 4cb6d7e..e4ba520 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -11,8 +11,6 @@
   "repository": "jshttp/http-errors",
   "dependencies": {
     "depd": "2.0.0",
-    "inherits": "2.0.4",
-    "setprototypeof": "1.2.0",
     "statuses": "2.0.1",
     "toidentifier": "1.0.1"
   },
diff --git a/test/test.js b/test/test.js
index 0059d01..55156ed 100644
--- a/test/test.js
+++ b/test/test.js
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ var assert = require('assert')
 var util = require('util')
 
 var createError = require('..')
+const { HttpError } = createError
 
 describe('createError(status)', function () {
   it('should create error object', function () {
@@ -407,3 +408,20 @@ describe('HTTP Errors', function () {
     /* eslint-enable node/no-deprecated-api */
   })
 })
+
+describe('Inheritance', function () {
+  it('should support subclasses', function () {
+    class MyError extends HttpError {
+    }
+    const err = new MyError()
+    assert.ok(err instanceof HttpError, 'subclass instances are instances of HttpError')
+  })
+
+  it('should set status and message', function () {
+    class MyError extends HttpError {
+    }
+    const err = new MyError(202, 'My Error')
+    assert.strictEqual(err.status, 202)
+    assert.strictEqual(err.message, 'My Error')
+  })
+})