diff --git a/lib/core/middleware/error.js b/lib/core/middleware/error.js
index f9878bce7a..7515c07041 100644
--- a/lib/core/middleware/error.js
+++ b/lib/core/middleware/error.js
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 const Youch = require('@nuxtjs/youch')
-const { SourceMapConsumer } = require('source-map')
-const { join, resolve } = require('path')
+const { join, resolve, relative, isAbsolute } = require('path')
 const { readFile } = require('fs-extra')
 
 module.exports = function errorMiddleware(err, req, res, next) {
@@ -56,81 +55,39 @@ module.exports = function errorMiddleware(err, req, res, next) {
 }
 
 async function readSource(frame) {
-  const serverBundle = this.resources.serverBundle
-
   // Remove webpack:/// & query string from the end
-  const sanitizeName = name => name ? name.replace('webpack:///', '').split('?')[0] : ''
-
-  // SourceMap Support for SSR Bundle
-  if (serverBundle && serverBundle.maps[frame.fileName]) {
-    // Initialize smc cache
-    if (!serverBundle.$maps) {
-      serverBundle.$maps = {}
-    }
-
-    // Read SourceMap object
-    const smc = serverBundle.$maps[frame.fileName] || new SourceMapConsumer(serverBundle.maps[frame.fileName])
-    serverBundle.$maps[frame.fileName] = smc
-
-    // Try to find original position
-    const { line, column, name, source } = smc.originalPositionFor({
-      line: frame.getLineNumber() || 0,
-      column: frame.getColumnNumber() || 0,
-      bias: SourceMapConsumer.LEAST_UPPER_BOUND
-    })
-    if (line) {
-      frame.lineNumber = line
-    }
-    /* istanbul ignore if */
-    if (column) {
-      frame.columnNumber = column
-    }
-    /* istanbul ignore if */
-    if (name) {
-      frame.functionName = name
-    }
-    if (source) {
-      frame.fileName = sanitizeName(source)
-
-      // Source detected, try to get original source code
-      const contents = smc.sourceContentFor(source)
-      if (contents) {
-        frame.contents = contents
-      }
-    }
-  }
-
-  // Return if fileName is still unknown
-  if (!frame.fileName) {
-    return
-  }
-
+  const sanitizeName = name => name ? name.replace('webpack:///', '').split('?')[0] : null
   frame.fileName = sanitizeName(frame.fileName)
 
-  // Try to read from SSR bundle files
-  if (serverBundle && serverBundle.files[frame.fileName]) {
-    frame.contents = serverBundle.files[frame.fileName]
+  // Return if fileName is unknown
+  if (!frame.fileName) {
     return
   }
 
   // Possible paths for file
   const searchPath = [
+    this.options.srcDir,
     this.options.rootDir,
     join(this.options.buildDir, 'dist'),
-    this.options.srcDir,
     this.options.buildDir
   ]
 
-  // Scan filesystem for real path
+  // Scan filesystem for real source
   for (let pathDir of searchPath) {
     let fullPath = resolve(pathDir, frame.fileName)
     let source = await readFile(fullPath, 'utf-8').catch(() => null)
     if (source) {
-      if (!frame.contents) {
-        frame.contents = source
-      }
+      frame.contents = source
       frame.fullPath = fullPath
+      if (isAbsolute(frame.fileName)) {
+        frame.fileName = relative(this.options.rootDir, fullPath)
+      }
       return
     }
   }
+
+  // Fallback: use server bundle
+  if (!frame.contents) {
+    frame.contents = this.resources.serverBundle.files[frame.fileName]
+  }
 }