diff --git a/docs/simplesamlphp-errorhandling.txt b/docs/simplesamlphp-errorhandling.txt
index 6d705f69eda93c5a86a450ccfb3e9b0e6ba2981b..dce9b70ba0296d6ffe608611ae6be9caee3feb80 100644
--- a/docs/simplesamlphp-errorhandling.txt
+++ b/docs/simplesamlphp-errorhandling.txt
@@ -68,11 +68,11 @@ For example, the `SimpleSAML_Error_NoPassive` exception should be converted to a
 * The second-level status code should be `urn:oasis:names:tc:SAML:2.0:status:NoPassive`.
 * The status message should contain the cause of the exception.
 
-The `sspmod_saml2_Error` class represents SAML 2 errors.
+The `sspmod_saml_Error` class represents SAML 2 errors.
 It represents a SAML 2 status code with three elements: the top-level status code, the second-level status code and the status message.
 The second-level status code and the status message is optional, and can be `NULL`.
 
-The `sspmod_saml2_Error` class contains a helper function named `fromException`.
+The `sspmod_saml_Error` class contains a helper function named `fromException`.
 The `fromException()` function is used by `www/saml2/idp/SSOService.php` to return SAML 2 errors to the SP.
 The function contains a list which maps various exceptions to specific SAML 2 errors.
 If it is unable to convert the exception, it will return a generic SAML 2 error describing the original exception in its status message.
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ Converting SAML 2 errors to normal exceptions
 ---------------------------------------------
 
 On the SP side, we want to convert SAML 2 errors to simpleSAMLphp exceptions again.
-This is handled by the `toException()` method in `sspmod_saml2_Error`.
+This is handled by the `toException()` method in `sspmod_saml_Error`.
 The assertion consumer script of the SAML 2 authentication source (`modules/saml2/sp/acs.php`) uses this method.
 The result is that generic exceptions are thrown from that authentication source.
 
diff --git a/modules/saml2/lib/Error.php b/modules/saml/lib/Error.php
similarity index 95%
rename from modules/saml2/lib/Error.php
rename to modules/saml/lib/Error.php
index 1c9e11ccc05b8e7d57c76a4420cb350d94289c63..6a4989d011ed976ab9ccdf5e0032e124f5b3cf7e 100644
--- a/modules/saml2/lib/Error.php
+++ b/modules/saml/lib/Error.php
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
  * @package simpleSAMLphp
  * @version $Id$
  */
-class sspmod_saml2_Error extends SimpleSAML_Error_Exception {
+class sspmod_saml_Error extends SimpleSAML_Error_Exception {
 
 	/**
 	 * The top-level status code.
@@ -97,11 +97,11 @@ class sspmod_saml2_Error extends SimpleSAML_Error_Exception {
 	 * status codes from an arbitrary exception.
 	 *
 	 * @param Exception $exception  The original exception.
-	 * @return sspmod_saml2_Error  The new exception.
+	 * @return sspmod_saml_Error  The new exception.
 	 */
 	public static function fromException(Exception $exception) {
 
-		if ($exception instanceof sspmod_saml2_Error) {
+		if ($exception instanceof sspmod_saml_Error) {
 			/* Return the original exception unchanged. */
 			return $exception;
 
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ class sspmod_saml2_Error extends SimpleSAML_Error_Exception {
 	 * If it is unable to create a more specific exception, it will return the current
 	 * object.
 	 *
-	 * @see sspmod_saml2_Error::fromException()
+	 * @see sspmod_saml_Error::fromException()
 	 *
 	 * @return SimpleSAML_Error_Exception  An exception representing this error.
 	 */
diff --git a/modules/saml/lib/IdP/SAML2.php b/modules/saml/lib/IdP/SAML2.php
index 611a4d88e6efa36be6f27ae4ff346482f551e629..a260a8e10fe44f96b3a33ae5d8bd19a7058dd9d2 100644
--- a/modules/saml/lib/IdP/SAML2.php
+++ b/modules/saml/lib/IdP/SAML2.php
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ class sspmod_saml_IdP_SAML2 {
 
 		$idpMetadata = $idp->getConfig();
 
-		$error = sspmod_saml2_Error::fromException($exception);
+		$error = sspmod_saml_Error::fromException($exception);
 
 		SimpleSAML_Logger::warning('Returning error to sp: ' . var_export($spEntityId, TRUE));
 		$error->logWarning();
diff --git a/modules/saml/lib/Message.php b/modules/saml/lib/Message.php
index af0f171d6cce08564ef2797c7b0938ae943fc9f0..130b7a4852306ad8e9f45a64dd1a56a0843dbd0e 100644
--- a/modules/saml/lib/Message.php
+++ b/modules/saml/lib/Message.php
@@ -341,15 +341,15 @@ class sspmod_saml_Message {
 
 
 	/**
-	 * Retrieve the status code of a response as a sspmod_saml2_error.
+	 * Retrieve the status code of a response as a sspmod_saml_Error.
 	 *
 	 * @param SAML2_StatusResponse $response  The response.
-	 * @return sspmod_saml2_Error  The error.
+	 * @return sspmod_saml_Error  The error.
 	 */
 	public static function getResponseError(SAML2_StatusResponse $response) {
 
 		$status = $response->getStatus();
-		return new sspmod_saml2_Error($status['Code'], $status['SubCode'], $status['Message']);
+		return new sspmod_saml_Error($status['Code'], $status['SubCode'], $status['Message']);
 	}
 
 
@@ -699,7 +699,7 @@ class sspmod_saml_Message {
 	/**
 	 * Process a response message.
 	 *
-	 * If the response is an error response, we will throw a sspmod_saml2_Error
+	 * If the response is an error response, we will throw a sspmod_saml_Error
 	 * exception with the error.
 	 *
 	 * @param SimpleSAML_Configuration $spMetadata  The metadata of the service provider.
diff --git a/modules/saml/www/sp/saml2-acs.php b/modules/saml/www/sp/saml2-acs.php
index d95c7eb49b365242cf1cd532aa9210a206313f99..fcbe7eda9b6118b74367084ef03ee0e8be9aabae 100644
--- a/modules/saml/www/sp/saml2-acs.php
+++ b/modules/saml/www/sp/saml2-acs.php
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ $idpMetadata = $source->getIdPmetadata($idp);
 
 try {
 	$assertion = sspmod_saml_Message::processResponse($spMetadata, $idpMetadata, $response);
-} catch (sspmod_saml2_Error $e) {
+} catch (sspmod_saml_Error $e) {
 	/* The status of the response wasn't "success". */
 	$e = $e->toException();
 	SimpleSAML_Auth_State::throwException($state, $e);
diff --git a/www/saml2/sp/AssertionConsumerService.php b/www/saml2/sp/AssertionConsumerService.php
index 2446a26e8201e1e3f6d8ad622ef844c32c4b0a2b..e4b6a6bd6b60d554f211d071bfafd4a03192edef 100644
--- a/www/saml2/sp/AssertionConsumerService.php
+++ b/www/saml2/sp/AssertionConsumerService.php
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ try {
 
 	try {
 		$assertion = sspmod_saml_Message::processResponse($spMetadata, $idpMetadata, $response);
-	} catch (sspmod_saml2_Error $e) {
+	} catch (sspmod_saml_Error $e) {
 		/* The status of the response wasn't "success". */
 
 		$status = $response->getStatus();