diff --git a/node.go b/node.go
index b2dfac9..85c764e 100644
--- a/node.go
+++ b/node.go
@@ -355,12 +355,12 @@ func (this *conversionState) convertNoFreeFloating(n_ node.Node) (string, error)
 		// Treat as an err return
 		// FIXME we don't know the default return type for the function we're in
 
-		// If the expr is a string literal, we can convert it to errors.New()
-		// Although we probably can't do this in general for stringly-typed expressions
+		// PHP can only throw objects, not literals/scalars
+		// If the expr is just new Exception, we can convert it to errors.New()
 
-		if str, ok := n.Expr.(*scalar.String); ok {
-			return "return nil, errors.New(" + str.Value + ")\n", nil
-		}
+		//if str, ok := n.Expr.(*scalar.String); ok {
+		//	return "return nil, errors.New(" + str.Value + ")\n", nil
+		//}
 
 		child, err := this.convert(n.Expr)
 		if err != nil {