diff --git a/components/esm/esmreader.cpp b/components/esm/esmreader.cpp
index e5d239570e..e3e6a4f335 100644
--- a/components/esm/esmreader.cpp
+++ b/components/esm/esmreader.cpp
@@ -291,18 +291,6 @@ void ESMReader::getRecHeader(uint32_t &flags)
  *
  *************************************************************************/
 
-void ESMReader::getExact(void*x, int size)
-{
-    try
-    {
-        mEsm->read((char*)x, size);
-    }
-    catch (std::exception& e)
-    {
-        fail(std::string("Read error: ") + e.what());
-    }
-}
-
 std::string ESMReader::getString(int size)
 {
     size_t s = size;
diff --git a/components/esm/esmreader.hpp b/components/esm/esmreader.hpp
index d3dd94516f..ea18014b77 100644
--- a/components/esm/esmreader.hpp
+++ b/components/esm/esmreader.hpp
@@ -239,7 +239,7 @@ public:
   template <typename X>
   void getT(X &x) { getExact(&x, sizeof(X)); }
 
-  void getExact(void*x, int size);
+  void getExact(void* x, int size) { mEsm->read((char*)x, size); }
   void getName(NAME &name) { getT(name); }
   void getUint(uint32_t &u) { getT(u); }