diff --git a/api/src/flows.ts b/api/src/flows.ts
index f0d96e6ff9..ed4f9d2e1a 100644
--- a/api/src/flows.ts
+++ b/api/src/flows.ts
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@ import { getSchema } from './utils/get-schema.js';
 import { JobQueue } from './utils/job-queue.js';
 import { mapValuesDeep } from './utils/map-values-deep.js';
 import { redactObject } from './utils/redact-object.js';
-import { sanitizeError } from './utils/sanitize-error.js';
 import { scheduleSynchronizedJob, validateCron } from './utils/schedule.js';
 import { isSystemCollection } from '@directus/system-data';
 
@@ -450,8 +449,9 @@ class FlowManager {
 			let data;
 
 			if (error instanceof Error) {
-				// make sure we don't expose the stack trace
-				data = sanitizeError(error);
+				// Don't expose the stack trace to the next operation
+				delete error.stack;
+				data = error;
 			} else if (typeof error === 'string') {
 				// If the error is a JSON string, parse it and use that as the error data
 				data = isValidJSON(error) ? parseJSON(error) : error;
diff --git a/api/src/utils/sanitize-error.test.ts b/api/src/utils/sanitize-error.test.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index f48f02fc36..0000000000
--- a/api/src/utils/sanitize-error.test.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,30 +0,0 @@
-import { createError } from '@directus/errors';
-import { describe, expect, test } from 'vitest';
-import { sanitizeError } from './sanitize-error.js';
-
-describe('sanitizeError', () => {
-	test('removes stack trace from Error', () => {
-		const error = new Error('test message', {
-			cause: 'test',
-		});
-
-		const result = sanitizeError(error);
-
-		expect(result.stack).toBe(undefined);
-		expect(result.message).toBe(error.message);
-		expect(result.cause).toBe(error.cause);
-	});
-
-	test('removes stack trace from DirectusError', () => {
-		const DummyError = createError<{ more: string }>('TEAPOT', 'test message', 418);
-		const error = new DummyError({ more: 'info' });
-
-		const result = sanitizeError(error);
-
-		expect(result.stack).toBe(undefined);
-		expect(result.message).toBe(error.message);
-		expect(result.code).toBe(error.code);
-		expect(result.status).toBe(error.status);
-		expect(result.extensions).toStrictEqual(result.extensions);
-	});
-});
diff --git a/api/src/utils/sanitize-error.ts b/api/src/utils/sanitize-error.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index a25db5dff0..0000000000
--- a/api/src/utils/sanitize-error.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,8 +0,0 @@
-export function sanitizeError<T extends Error>(error: T): T {
-	// clear the stack
-	if (error.stack !== undefined) {
-		delete error.stack;
-	}
-
-	return error;
-}