diff --git a/crates/wasmi/src/memory/buffer.rs b/crates/wasmi/src/memory/buffer.rs
index f6a0a47fbe..9ffce2770a 100644
--- a/crates/wasmi/src/memory/buffer.rs
+++ b/crates/wasmi/src/memory/buffer.rs
@@ -1,15 +1,4 @@
 use alloc::{vec, vec::Vec};
-use core::{fmt, fmt::Display};
-
-/// Dummy error for fallible `Vec`-based virtual memory operations.
-#[derive(Debug)]
-pub struct VirtualMemoryError {}
-
-impl Display for VirtualMemoryError {
-    fn fmt(&self, f: &mut fmt::Formatter) -> fmt::Result {
-        write!(f, "encountered failure while operating with virtual memory")
-    }
-}
 
 /// A `Vec`-based byte buffer implementation.
 ///
@@ -30,10 +19,10 @@ impl ByteBuffer {
     ///
     /// - If the initial length is 0.
     /// - If the initial length exceeds the maximum supported limit.
-    pub fn new(initial_len: usize) -> Result<Self, VirtualMemoryError> {
-        Ok(Self {
+    pub fn new(initial_len: usize) -> Self {
+        Self {
             bytes: vec![0x00_u8; initial_len],
-        })
+        }
     }
 
     /// Grows the byte buffer to the given `new_size`.
diff --git a/crates/wasmi/src/memory/buffer_vmem.rs b/crates/wasmi/src/memory/buffer_vmem.rs
index 1c39525611..bbfd3c2a75 100644
--- a/crates/wasmi/src/memory/buffer_vmem.rs
+++ b/crates/wasmi/src/memory/buffer_vmem.rs
@@ -1,9 +1,6 @@
-use super::MemoryError;
 use core::fmt::Debug;
 use wasmi_core::VirtualMemory;
 
-pub use wasmi_core::VirtualMemoryError;
-
 /// A virtual memory based byte buffer implementation.
 ///
 /// # Note
@@ -37,12 +34,13 @@ impl ByteBuffer {
     ///
     /// - If the initial length is 0.
     /// - If the initial length exceeds the maximum supported limit.
-    pub fn new(initial_len: usize) -> Result<Self, MemoryError> {
-        let bytes = VirtualMemory::new(Self::ALLOCATION_SIZE)?;
-        Ok(Self {
+    pub fn new(initial_len: usize) -> Self {
+        let bytes = VirtualMemory::new(Self::ALLOCATION_SIZE)
+            .unwrap_or_else(|err| unreachable!("Failed to allocate memory: {err}"));
+        Self {
             bytes,
             len: initial_len,
-        })
+        }
     }
 
     /// Grows the byte buffer by the given delta.
diff --git a/crates/wasmi/src/memory/error.rs b/crates/wasmi/src/memory/error.rs
index 807f49f0ed..9ed4379a88 100644
--- a/crates/wasmi/src/memory/error.rs
+++ b/crates/wasmi/src/memory/error.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 use super::MemoryType;
-use crate::memory::VirtualMemoryError;
 use core::{fmt, fmt::Display};
 
 /// An error that may occur upon operating with virtual or linear memory.
@@ -14,8 +13,6 @@ pub enum MemoryError {
     OutOfBoundsAccess,
     /// Tried to create an invalid linear memory type.
     InvalidMemoryType,
-    /// A generic virtual memory error.
-    Vmem(VirtualMemoryError),
     /// Occurs when `ty` is not a subtype of `other`.
     InvalidSubtype {
         /// The [`MemoryType`] which is not a subtype of `other`.
@@ -40,16 +37,9 @@ impl Display for MemoryError {
             Self::InvalidMemoryType => {
                 write!(f, "tried to create an invalid virtual memory type")
             }
-            Self::Vmem(error) => Display::fmt(error, f),
             Self::InvalidSubtype { ty, other } => {
                 write!(f, "memory type {ty:?} is not a subtype of {other:?}",)
             }
         }
     }
 }
-
-impl From<VirtualMemoryError> for MemoryError {
-    fn from(error: VirtualMemoryError) -> Self {
-        Self::Vmem(error)
-    }
-}
diff --git a/crates/wasmi/src/memory/mod.rs b/crates/wasmi/src/memory/mod.rs
index d6e659e71d..dc8a17bdab 100644
--- a/crates/wasmi/src/memory/mod.rs
+++ b/crates/wasmi/src/memory/mod.rs
@@ -21,8 +21,6 @@ use super::{AsContext, AsContextMut, StoreContext, StoreContextMut, Stored};
 use wasmi_arena::ArenaIndex;
 use wasmi_core::Pages;
 
-pub use byte_buffer::VirtualMemoryError;
-
 /// A raw index to a linear memory entity.
 #[derive(Debug, Copy, Clone, PartialEq, Eq, PartialOrd, Ord)]
 pub struct MemoryIdx(u32);
@@ -142,7 +140,7 @@ impl MemoryEntity {
             .to_bytes()
             .ok_or(MemoryError::OutOfBoundsAllocation)?;
         let memory = Self {
-            bytes: ByteBuffer::new(initial_len)?,
+            bytes: ByteBuffer::new(initial_len),
             memory_type,
             current_pages: initial_pages,
         };