diff --git a/lib/rubygems/remote_fetcher.rb b/lib/rubygems/remote_fetcher.rb
index 32d4f7dcdf82f1..f9f8c45817a521 100644
--- a/lib/rubygems/remote_fetcher.rb
+++ b/lib/rubygems/remote_fetcher.rb
@@ -234,7 +234,7 @@ def fetch_http(uri, last_modified = nil, head = false, depth = 0)
 
       fetch_http(location, last_modified, head, depth + 1)
     else
-      raise FetchError.new("bad response #{response.message} #{response.code} #{response.body.strip}", uri)
+      raise FetchError.new("bad response #{response.message} #{response.code}", uri)
     end
   end