diff --git a/src/SharpCompress/Common/ReaderCancelledException.cs b/src/SharpCompress/Common/ReaderCancelledException.cs
deleted file mode 100644
index 91e59289..00000000
--- a/src/SharpCompress/Common/ReaderCancelledException.cs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,13 +0,0 @@
-using System;
-
-namespace SharpCompress.Common;
-
-public class ReaderCancelledException : Exception
-
-{
-    public ReaderCancelledException(string message)
-        : base(message) { }
-
-    public ReaderCancelledException(string message, Exception inner)
-        : base(message, inner) { }
-}
diff --git a/src/SharpCompress/Readers/AbstractReader.cs b/src/SharpCompress/Readers/AbstractReader.cs
index 285f0f84..7927937f 100644
--- a/src/SharpCompress/Readers/AbstractReader.cs
+++ b/src/SharpCompress/Readers/AbstractReader.cs
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ public abstract class AbstractReader<TEntry, TVolume> : IReader, IReaderExtracti
         }
         if (Cancelled)
         {
-            throw new ReaderCancelledException("Reader has been cancelled.");
+            throw new InvalidOperationException("Reader has been cancelled.");
         }
         if (entriesForCurrentReadStream is null)
         {