diff --git a/sdk/keyvault/azure-security-keyvault-common/inc/azure/keyvault/common/internal/base64url.hpp b/sdk/keyvault/azure-security-keyvault-common/inc/azure/keyvault/common/internal/base64url.hpp
index fe3d7cc06..8a83e8df3 100644
--- a/sdk/keyvault/azure-security-keyvault-common/inc/azure/keyvault/common/internal/base64url.hpp
+++ b/sdk/keyvault/azure-security-keyvault-common/inc/azure/keyvault/common/internal/base64url.hpp
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ namespace Azure { namespace Security { namespace KeyVault { namespace _internal
           base64url.append("=");
           break;
         default:
-          throw new std::invalid_argument("Unexpected Base64URL encoding in the HTTP response.");
+          throw std::invalid_argument("Unexpected Base64URL encoding in the HTTP response.");
       }
       return Azure::Core::Convert::Base64Decode(base64url);
     }