diff --git a/idgenerator/aws/xray/aws_xray_idgenerator.go b/idgenerator/aws/xray/aws_xray_idgenerator.go
index cdeb8559967..bca0f4c2692 100644
--- a/idgenerator/aws/xray/aws_xray_idgenerator.go
+++ b/idgenerator/aws/xray/aws_xray_idgenerator.go
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ import (
 	crand "crypto/rand"
 	"encoding/binary"
 	"encoding/hex"
+	"errors"
 	"math/rand"
 	"strconv"
 	"sync"
@@ -26,16 +27,6 @@ import (
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace"
 )
 
-const (
-	errConvertTimeToHex errorConst = "cannot convert current timestamp to hex"
-)
-
-type errorConst string
-
-func (e errorConst) Error() string {
-	return string(e)
-}
-
 type IDGenerator struct {
 	sync.Mutex
 	randSource *rand.Rand
@@ -45,10 +36,7 @@ type IDGenerator struct {
 func NewIDGenerator() *IDGenerator {
 	gen := &IDGenerator{}
 	var rngSeed int64
-	err := binary.Read(crand.Reader, binary.LittleEndian, &rngSeed)
-	if err != nil {
-		panic(err)
-	}
+	_ = binary.Read(crand.Reader, binary.LittleEndian, &rngSeed)
 	gen.randSource = rand.New(rand.NewSource(rngSeed))
 	return gen
 }
@@ -71,8 +59,7 @@ func (gen *IDGenerator) NewTraceID() (trace.TraceID, error) {
 	tid := trace.TraceID{}
 	currentTime, err := getCurrentTimeHex()
 	if err != nil {
-		var nilTraceID trace.TraceID
-		return nilTraceID, err
+		return trace.TraceID{}, err
 	}
 	copy(tid[:4], currentTime)
 	gen.randSource.Read(tid[4:])
@@ -84,7 +71,7 @@ func getCurrentTimeHex() ([]uint8, error) {
 	currentTime := time.Now().Unix()
 	currentTimeHex, err := hex.DecodeString(strconv.FormatInt(currentTime, 16))
 	if err != nil {
-		return nil, errConvertTimeToHex
+		return nil, errors.New("cannot convert current timestamp to hex")
 	}
 	return currentTimeHex, nil
 }