1 files changed, 2 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/lib/timeout.rb b/lib/timeout.rb
index fec7b9428c..123f600ccb 100644
--- a/lib/timeout.rb
+++ b/lib/timeout.rb
@@ -24,8 +24,6 @@
 module Timeout
   # Raised by Timeout#timeout when the block times out.
   class Error < RuntimeError
-  end
-  class ExitException < ::Exception # :nodoc:
     attr_reader :thread
 
     def self.catch(*args)
@@ -46,6 +44,7 @@ module Timeout
       self
     end
   end
+  ExitException = Error
 
   # :stopdoc:
   THIS_FILE = /\A#{Regexp.quote(__FILE__)}:/o
@@ -101,7 +100,7 @@ module Timeout
         bt = e.backtrace
       end
     else
-      bt = ExitException.catch(message, &bl)
+      bt = Error.catch(message, &bl)
     end
     rej = /\A#{Regexp.quote(__FILE__)}:#{__LINE__-4}\z/o
     bt.reject! {|m| rej =~ m}