diff --git a/src/common/CMakeLists.txt b/src/common/CMakeLists.txt
index fa6b7a7af..f018a36ed 100644
--- a/src/common/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/common/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -110,7 +110,6 @@ add_library(citra_common STATIC
     microprofile.cpp
     microprofile.h
     microprofileui.h
-    misc.cpp
     param_package.cpp
     param_package.h
     polyfill_thread.h
diff --git a/src/common/common_funcs.h b/src/common/common_funcs.h
index 02b117939..8f109a8d3 100644
--- a/src/common/common_funcs.h
+++ b/src/common/common_funcs.h
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@
 
 #pragma once
 
-#include <string>
 #include "common/common_types.h"
 
 /// Textually concatenates two tokens. The double-expansion is required by the C preprocessor.
@@ -103,9 +102,3 @@ __declspec(dllimport) void __stdcall DebugBreak(void);
         using T = std::underlying_type_t<type>;                                                    \
         return static_cast<T>(key) == 0;                                                           \
     }
-
-// Generic function to get last error message.
-// Call directly after the command or use the error num.
-// This function might change the error code.
-// Defined in Misc.cpp.
-[[nodiscard]] std::string GetLastErrorMsg();
diff --git a/src/common/file_util.cpp b/src/common/file_util.cpp
index 4b302a893..5b0ba817a 100644
--- a/src/common/file_util.cpp
+++ b/src/common/file_util.cpp
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 #include "common/assert.h"
 #include "common/common_funcs.h"
 #include "common/common_paths.h"
+#include "common/error.h"
 #include "common/file_util.h"
 #include "common/logging/log.h"
 #include "common/scope_exit.h"
@@ -90,6 +91,8 @@
 // REMEMBER: strdup considered harmful!
 namespace FileUtil {
 
+using Common::GetLastErrorMsg;
+
 // Remove any ending forward slashes from directory paths
 // Modifies argument.
 static void StripTailDirSlashes(std::string& fname) {
diff --git a/src/common/misc.cpp b/src/common/misc.cpp
deleted file mode 100644
index 1a95e29be..000000000
--- a/src/common/misc.cpp
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,48 +0,0 @@
-// Copyright 2013 Dolphin Emulator Project / 2014 Citra Emulator Project
-// Licensed under GPLv2 or any later version
-// Refer to the license.txt file included.
-
-#include <cstddef>
-#ifdef _WIN32
-#include <windows.h>
-#else
-#include <cerrno>
-#include <cstring>
-#endif
-
-#include "common/common_funcs.h"
-
-// Generic function to get last error message.
-// Call directly after the command or use the error num.
-// This function might change the error code.
-std::string GetLastErrorMsg() {
-#ifdef _WIN32
-    LPSTR err_str;
-
-    DWORD res = FormatMessageA(FORMAT_MESSAGE_FROM_SYSTEM | FORMAT_MESSAGE_ALLOCATE_BUFFER |
-                                   FORMAT_MESSAGE_IGNORE_INSERTS,
-                               nullptr, GetLastError(), MAKELANGID(LANG_NEUTRAL, SUBLANG_DEFAULT),
-                               reinterpret_cast<LPSTR>(&err_str), 1, nullptr);
-    if (!res) {
-        return "(FormatMessageA failed to format error)";
-    }
-    std::string ret(err_str);
-    LocalFree(err_str);
-    return ret;
-#else
-    char err_str[255];
-#if (defined(__GLIBC__) || __ANDROID_API__ >= 23) &&                                               \
-    (_GNU_SOURCE || (_POSIX_C_SOURCE < 200112L && _XOPEN_SOURCE < 600))
-    // Thread safe (GNU-specific)
-    const char* str = strerror_r(errno, err_str, sizeof(err_str));
-    return std::string(str);
-#else
-    // Thread safe (XSI-compliant)
-    int second_err = strerror_r(errno, err_str, sizeof(err_str));
-    if (second_err != 0) {
-        return "(strerror_r failed to format error)";
-    }
-    return std::string(err_str);
-#endif // GLIBC etc.
-#endif // _WIN32
-}
diff --git a/src/core/file_sys/archive_sdmc.cpp b/src/core/file_sys/archive_sdmc.cpp
index ce69cf0ce..994108a68 100644
--- a/src/core/file_sys/archive_sdmc.cpp
+++ b/src/core/file_sys/archive_sdmc.cpp
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 #include <algorithm>
 #include <memory>
 #include "common/archives.h"
+#include "common/error.h"
 #include "common/file_util.h"
 #include "common/logging/log.h"
 #include "common/settings.h"
@@ -103,7 +104,7 @@ ResultVal<std::unique_ptr<FileBackend>> SDMCArchive::OpenFileBase(const Path& pa
 
     FileUtil::IOFile file(full_path, mode.write_flag ? "r+b" : "rb");
     if (!file.IsOpen()) {
-        LOG_CRITICAL(Service_FS, "Error opening {}: {}", full_path, GetLastErrorMsg());
+        LOG_CRITICAL(Service_FS, "Error opening {}: {}", full_path, Common::GetLastErrorMsg());
         return ERROR_NOT_FOUND;
     }