diff --git a/lib/types/json.js b/lib/types/json.js
index 078ce710..e5d3f009 100644
--- a/lib/types/json.js
+++ b/lib/types/json.js
@@ -68,7 +68,9 @@ function json (options) {
 
       if (first !== '{' && first !== '[') {
         debug('strict violation')
-        throw createStrictSyntaxError(body, first)
+        var err = createStrictSyntaxError(body, first)
+        Error.captureStackTrace(err)
+        throw err
       }
     }
 
@@ -198,9 +200,6 @@ function normalizeJsonSyntaxError (error, obj) {
     }
   }
 
-  // replace stack before message for Node.js 0.10 and below
-  error.stack = obj.stack.replace(error.message, obj.message)
   error.message = obj.message
-
   return error
 }