diff --git a/src/github.com/matrix-org/dendrite/mediaapi/fileutils/fileutils.go b/src/github.com/matrix-org/dendrite/mediaapi/fileutils/fileutils.go
index b4ad7c9d2..3e4031243 100644
--- a/src/github.com/matrix-org/dendrite/mediaapi/fileutils/fileutils.go
+++ b/src/github.com/matrix-org/dendrite/mediaapi/fileutils/fileutils.go
@@ -30,16 +30,6 @@ import (
 	"github.com/matrix-org/dendrite/mediaapi/types"
 )
 
-// FIXME: make into error types
-var (
-	// ErrFileIsTooLarge indicates that the uploaded file is larger than the configured maximum file size
-	ErrFileIsTooLarge = fmt.Errorf("file is too large")
-	errRead           = fmt.Errorf("failed to read response from remote server")
-	errResponse       = fmt.Errorf("failed to write file data to response body")
-	errHash           = fmt.Errorf("failed to hash file data")
-	errWrite          = fmt.Errorf("failed to write file to disk")
-)
-
 // GetPathFromBase64Hash evaluates the path to a media file from its Base64Hash
 // If the Base64Hash is long enough, we split it into pieces, creating up to 2 subdirectories
 // for more manageable browsing and use the remainder as the file name.
diff --git a/src/github.com/matrix-org/dendrite/mediaapi/writers/upload.go b/src/github.com/matrix-org/dendrite/mediaapi/writers/upload.go
index 6ef368f0c..991c509b9 100644
--- a/src/github.com/matrix-org/dendrite/mediaapi/writers/upload.go
+++ b/src/github.com/matrix-org/dendrite/mediaapi/writers/upload.go
@@ -108,16 +108,13 @@ func (r *uploadRequest) doUpload(reqReader io.Reader, cfg *config.MediaAPI, db *
 	// The file data is hashed and the hash is used as the MediaID. The hash is useful as a
 	// method of deduplicating files to save storage, as well as a way to conduct
 	// integrity checks on the file data in the repository.
-	hash, bytesWritten, tmpDir, copyError := fileutils.WriteTempFile(reqReader, cfg.MaxFileSizeBytes, cfg.AbsBasePath)
-	if copyError != nil {
-		logFields := log.Fields{
-			"Origin":  r.MediaMetadata.Origin,
-			"MediaID": r.MediaMetadata.MediaID,
-		}
-		if copyError == fileutils.ErrFileIsTooLarge {
-			logFields["MaxFileSizeBytes"] = cfg.MaxFileSizeBytes
-		}
-		r.Logger.WithError(copyError).WithFields(logFields).Warn("Error while transferring file")
+	hash, bytesWritten, tmpDir, err := fileutils.WriteTempFile(reqReader, cfg.MaxFileSizeBytes, cfg.AbsBasePath)
+	if err != nil {
+		r.Logger.WithError(err).WithFields(log.Fields{
+			"Origin":           r.MediaMetadata.Origin,
+			"MediaID":          r.MediaMetadata.MediaID,
+			"MaxFileSizeBytes": cfg.MaxFileSizeBytes,
+		}).Warn("Error while transferring file")
 		fileutils.RemoveDir(tmpDir, r.Logger)
 		return &util.JSONResponse{
 			Code: 400,