1 files changed, 2 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/src/ui/tool/path-manipulator.cpp b/src/ui/tool/path-manipulator.cpp
index 8a5a79ec3..35eb23f42 100644
--- a/src/ui/tool/path-manipulator.cpp
+++ b/src/ui/tool/path-manipulator.cpp
@@ -949,12 +949,10 @@ void PathManipulator::hideDragPoint()
  * at the given time value */
 NodeList::iterator PathManipulator::subdivideSegment(NodeList::iterator first, double t)
 {
-    //throw originally used std::invalid_argument, that caused a link error against static libstdc++,
-    //this form was only used here.
-    if (!first) throw "Subdivide after invalid iterator";
+    if (!first) throw std::invalid_argument("Subdivide after invalid iterator");
     NodeList &list = NodeList::get(first);
     NodeList::iterator second = first.next();
-    if (!second) throw "Subdivide after last node in open path";
+    if (!second) throw std::invalid_argument("Subdivide after last node in open path");
 
     // We need to insert the segment after 'first'. We can't simply use 'second'
     // as the point of insertion, because when 'first' is the last node of closed path,