diff --git a/spec/tags/core/exception/no_method_error_tags.txt b/spec/tags/core/exception/no_method_error_tags.txt
deleted file mode 100644
index 0a1d27b5d5d4..000000000000
--- a/spec/tags/core/exception/no_method_error_tags.txt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-fails:NoMethodError#message uses class string representation when receiver is an instance of anonymous class
-fails:NoMethodError#message does not call #inspect when calling Exception#message
diff --git a/src/main/ruby/truffleruby/core/truffle/exception_operations.rb b/src/main/ruby/truffleruby/core/truffle/exception_operations.rb
index 8a4513f1769d..05cbef28e16d 100644
--- a/src/main/ruby/truffleruby/core/truffle/exception_operations.rb
+++ b/src/main/ruby/truffleruby/core/truffle/exception_operations.rb
@@ -87,10 +87,7 @@ def self.receiver_string(receiver)
           "module #{receiver}"
         else
           klass = Primitive.metaclass(receiver)
-          if klass.name
-            "an instance of #{klass.name}"
-          end
-          # else fall through to rb_any_to_s
+          "an instance of #{klass}"
         end
       rescue Exception # rubocop:disable Lint/RescueException
         nil