diff --git a/src/hardware/hw_draw.c b/src/hardware/hw_draw.c
index bccb0ee82..cd2c95237 100644
--- a/src/hardware/hw_draw.c
+++ b/src/hardware/hw_draw.c
@@ -1082,14 +1082,14 @@ UINT8 *HWR_GetScreenshot(void)
 	return buf;
 }
 
-boolean HWR_Screenshot(const char *pathname, char **error)
+boolean HWR_Screenshot(const char *pathname)
 {
 	boolean ret;
 	UINT8 *buf = malloc(vid.width * vid.height * 3 * sizeof (*buf));
 
 	if (!buf)
 	{
-		*error = "Failed to allocate memory for HWR_Screenshot";
+		CONS_Debug(DBG_RENDER, "HWR_Screenshot: Failed to allocate memory\n");
 		return false;
 	}
 
@@ -1097,7 +1097,7 @@ boolean HWR_Screenshot(const char *pathname, char **error)
 	HWD.pfnReadRect(0, 0, vid.width, vid.height, vid.width * 3, (void *)buf);
 
 #ifdef USE_PNG
-	ret = M_SavePNG(pathname, buf, vid.width, vid.height, NULL, &*error);	// c_irl
+	ret = M_SavePNG(pathname, buf, vid.width, vid.height, NULL);
 #else
 	ret = saveTGA(pathname, buf, vid.width, vid.height);
 #endif
diff --git a/src/hardware/hw_main.h b/src/hardware/hw_main.h
index cf9f2232c..929544ec1 100644
--- a/src/hardware/hw_main.h
+++ b/src/hardware/hw_main.h
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ void HWR_DrawConsoleFill(INT32 x, INT32 y, INT32 w, INT32 h, UINT32 color, INT32
 void HWR_DrawPic(INT32 x,INT32 y,lumpnum_t lumpnum);
 
 UINT8 *HWR_GetScreenshot(void);
-boolean HWR_Screenshot(const char *pathname, char **error);
+boolean HWR_Screenshot(const char *pathname);
 
 void HWR_AddCommands(void);
 void HWR_CorrectSWTricks(void);
diff --git a/src/m_misc.c b/src/m_misc.c
index 7b60caff1..88ae3b86a 100644
--- a/src/m_misc.c
+++ b/src/m_misc.c
@@ -1285,9 +1285,8 @@ void M_StopMovie(void)
   * \param height   Height of the picture.
   * \param palette  Palette of image data.
   *  \note if palette is NULL, BGR888 format
-  * \param error    Error string to return, if screenshot failed.
   */
-boolean M_SavePNG(const char *filename, void *data, int width, int height, const UINT8 *palette, char **error)
+boolean M_SavePNG(const char *filename, void *data, int width, int height, const UINT8 *palette)
 {
 	png_structp png_ptr;
 	png_infop png_info_ptr;
@@ -1302,14 +1301,14 @@ boolean M_SavePNG(const char *filename, void *data, int width, int height, const
 	png_FILE = fopen(filename,"wb");
 	if (!png_FILE)
 	{
-		*error = "Failed to open file for write";
+		CONS_Debug(DBG_RENDER, "M_SavePNG: Error on opening %s for write\n", filename);
 		return false;
 	}
 
 	png_ptr = png_create_write_struct(PNG_LIBPNG_VER_STRING, NULL, PNG_error, PNG_warn);
 	if (!png_ptr)
 	{
-		*error = "Failed to initialize libpng";
+		CONS_Debug(DBG_RENDER, "M_SavePNG: Error on initialize libpng\n");
 		fclose(png_FILE);
 		remove(filename);
 		return false;
@@ -1318,7 +1317,7 @@ boolean M_SavePNG(const char *filename, void *data, int width, int height, const
 	png_info_ptr = png_create_info_struct(png_ptr);
 	if (!png_info_ptr)
 	{
-		*error = "Failed to allocate memory for libpng";
+		CONS_Debug(DBG_RENDER, "M_SavePNG: Error on allocate for libpng\n");
 		png_destroy_write_struct(&png_ptr,  NULL);
 		fclose(png_FILE);
 		remove(filename);
@@ -1331,7 +1330,7 @@ boolean M_SavePNG(const char *filename, void *data, int width, int height, const
 	if (setjmp(png_jmpbuf(png_ptr)))
 #endif
 	{
-		*error = "libpng write error";
+		//CONS_Debug(DBG_RENDER, "libpng write error on %s\n", filename);
 		png_destroy_write_struct(&png_ptr, &png_info_ptr);
 		fclose(png_FILE);
 		remove(filename);
@@ -1470,7 +1469,6 @@ void M_DoScreenShot(void)
 #if NUMSCREENS > 2
 	const char *freename = NULL, *pathname = ".";
 	boolean ret = false;
-	char *error = "Unknown error";
 	UINT8 *linear = NULL;
 
 	// Don't take multiple screenshots, obviously
@@ -1511,13 +1509,13 @@ void M_DoScreenShot(void)
 	// save the pcx file
 #ifdef HWRENDER
 	if (rendermode == render_opengl)
-		ret = HWR_Screenshot(va(pandf,pathname,freename), &error);
+		ret = HWR_Screenshot(va(pandf,pathname,freename));
 	else
 #endif
 	{
 		M_CreateScreenShotPalette();
 #ifdef USE_PNG
-		ret = M_SavePNG(va(pandf,pathname,freename), linear, vid.width, vid.height, screenshot_palette, &error);
+		ret = M_SavePNG(va(pandf,pathname,freename), linear, vid.width, vid.height, screenshot_palette);
 #else
 		ret = WritePCXfile(va(pandf,pathname,freename), linear, vid.width, vid.height, screenshot_palette);
 #endif
@@ -1532,7 +1530,7 @@ failure:
 	else
 	{
 		if (freename)
-			CONS_Alert(CONS_ERROR, M_GetText("Couldn't create screen shot %s in %s (%s)\n"), freename, pathname, error);
+			CONS_Alert(CONS_ERROR, M_GetText("Couldn't create screen shot %s in %s\n"), freename, pathname);
 		else
 			CONS_Alert(CONS_ERROR, M_GetText("Couldn't create screen shot in %s (all 10000 slots used!)\n"), pathname);
 
diff --git a/src/m_misc.h b/src/m_misc.h
index cb4af3927..7dd8baabf 100644
--- a/src/m_misc.h
+++ b/src/m_misc.h
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ void FIL_ForceExtension(char *path, const char *extension);
 boolean FIL_CheckExtension(const char *in);
 
 #ifdef HAVE_PNG
-boolean M_SavePNG(const char *filename, void *data, int width, int height, const UINT8 *palette, char **error);
+boolean M_SavePNG(const char *filename, void *data, int width, int height, const UINT8 *palette);
 #endif
 
 extern boolean takescreenshot;