diff --git a/zerver/lib/error_notify.py b/zerver/lib/error_notify.py
index cf60084c3f..c647c462d7 100644
--- a/zerver/lib/error_notify.py
+++ b/zerver/lib/error_notify.py
@@ -4,13 +4,9 @@ from typing import Any, Dict
 
 from django.conf import settings
 from django.core.mail import mail_admins
-from django.http import HttpResponse
-from django.utils.translation import gettext as _
 
 from zerver.filters import clean_data_from_query_parameters
 from zerver.lib.actions import internal_send_stream_message
-from zerver.lib.exceptions import JsonableError
-from zerver.lib.response import json_success
 from zerver.models import get_realm, get_stream, get_system_bot
 
 
@@ -194,11 +190,8 @@ Error generated by {user_info}
     mail_admins(format_email_subject(email_subject), message, fail_silently=True)
 
 
-def do_report_error(type: str, report: Dict[str, Any]) -> HttpResponse:
+def do_report_error(type: str, report: Dict[str, Any]) -> None:
     if type == "browser":
         notify_browser_error(report)
     elif type == "server":
         notify_server_error(report)
-    else:
-        raise JsonableError(_("Invalid type parameter"))
-    return json_success()
diff --git a/zerver/worker/queue_processors.py b/zerver/worker/queue_processors.py
index 14881acf71..010287ce76 100644
--- a/zerver/worker/queue_processors.py
+++ b/zerver/worker/queue_processors.py
@@ -797,6 +797,9 @@ class PushNotificationsWorker(QueueProcessingWorker):
 @assign_queue("error_reports")
 class ErrorReporter(QueueProcessingWorker):
     def consume(self, event: Mapping[str, Any]) -> None:
+        error_types = ["browser", "server"]
+        assert event["type"] in error_types
+
         logging.info(
             "Processing traceback with type %s for %s", event["type"], event.get("user_email")
         )