diff --git a/packages/@ember/error/index.ts b/packages/@ember/error/index.ts
index 17154b1b671..cee6dede8e3 100644
--- a/packages/@ember/error/index.ts
+++ b/packages/@ember/error/index.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,17 @@
+import { deprecate } from '@ember/debug';
+import { DEBUG } from '@glimmer/env';
+
 /**
  @module @ember/error
 */
 
+/** ErrorConstructor without node extensions */
+interface BrowserErrorConstructor {
+  new (message?: string): Error;
+  (message?: string): Error;
+  readonly prototype: Error;
+}
+
 /**
   The JavaScript Error object used by Ember.assert.
 
@@ -10,5 +20,34 @@
   @extends Error
   @constructor
   @public
+  @deprecated
 */
-export default Error;
+let EmberError: BrowserErrorConstructor;
+if (DEBUG) {
+  // eslint-disable-next-line no-inner-declarations
+  function EmberDebugConstructor(message?: string) {
+    deprecate(
+      'The @ember/error package merely re-exported the native Error and is deprecated. Please use a native Error directly instead.',
+      false,
+      {
+        id: 'deprecate-ember-error',
+        until: '5.0.0',
+        url: 'https://deprecations.emberjs.com/v4.x/#toc_deprecate-ember-error',
+        for: 'ember-source',
+        since: {
+          available: '4.10.0',
+          enabled: '4.10.0',
+        },
+      }
+    );
+    return new Error(message);
+  }
+  EmberDebugConstructor.prototype = Error.prototype;
+
+  // SAFETY: We need this cast since our EmberDebugConstructor doesn't define a type for `new` even though it will work with `new`.
+  EmberError = EmberDebugConstructor as BrowserErrorConstructor;
+} else {
+  EmberError = Error;
+}
+
+export default EmberError;
diff --git a/packages/@ember/error/tests/index_test.js b/packages/@ember/error/tests/index_test.js
index 6af1a84329a..f2b37f069fe 100644
--- a/packages/@ember/error/tests/index_test.js
+++ b/packages/@ember/error/tests/index_test.js
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import { moduleFor, AbstractTestCase as TestCase } from 'internal-test-helpers';
+import EmberError from '@ember/error';
 
 moduleFor(
   'Ember Error Throwing',
@@ -6,7 +7,9 @@ moduleFor(
     ['@test new EmberError displays provided message'](assert) {
       assert.throws(
         () => {
-          throw new Error('A Message');
+          expectDeprecation(() => {
+            throw new EmberError('A Message');
+          }, 'The @ember/error package merely re-exported the native Error and is deprecated. Please use a native Error directly instead.');
         },
         function (e) {
           return e.message === 'A Message';
@@ -14,5 +17,34 @@ moduleFor(
         'the assigned message was displayed'
       );
     }
+    ['@test new EmberError is instanceof EmberError'](assert) {
+      expectDeprecation(() => {
+        assert.ok(
+          new EmberError('A Message') instanceof EmberError,
+          'new EmberError is instanceof EmberError'
+        );
+      }, 'The @ember/error package merely re-exported the native Error and is deprecated. Please use a native Error directly instead.');
+    }
+    ['@test EmberError(...) displays provided message'](assert) {
+      assert.throws(
+        () => {
+          expectDeprecation(() => {
+            throw EmberError('A Message');
+          }, 'The @ember/error package merely re-exported the native Error and is deprecated. Please use a native Error directly instead.');
+        },
+        function (e) {
+          return e.message === 'A Message';
+        },
+        'the assigned message was displayed'
+      );
+    }
+    ['@test EmberError(...) is instanceof EmberError'](assert) {
+      expectDeprecation(() => {
+        assert.ok(
+          EmberError('A Message') instanceof EmberError,
+          'new EmberError is instanceof EmberError'
+        );
+      }, 'The @ember/error package merely re-exported the native Error and is deprecated. Please use a native Error directly instead.');
+    }
   }
 );
diff --git a/packages/@ember/error/type-tests/index.test.ts b/packages/@ember/error/type-tests/index.test.ts
index a0120bdacc5..b13ea57ca98 100644
--- a/packages/@ember/error/type-tests/index.test.ts
+++ b/packages/@ember/error/type-tests/index.test.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import EmberError from '@ember/error';
 import { expectTypeOf } from 'expect-type';
 
-expectTypeOf(EmberError).toEqualTypeOf<ErrorConstructor>();
+expectTypeOf(EmberError("Blah")).toEqualTypeOf<Error>();
+expectTypeOf(new EmberError("Blah")).toEqualTypeOf<Error>();
diff --git a/packages/@ember/runloop/tests/unwind_test.js b/packages/@ember/runloop/tests/unwind_test.js
index 06a7f87da42..8a01ce128d9 100644
--- a/packages/@ember/runloop/tests/unwind_test.js
+++ b/packages/@ember/runloop/tests/unwind_test.js
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 import { run, schedule, _getCurrentRunLoop } from '..';
-import EmberError from '@ember/error';
 import { moduleFor, AbstractTestCase } from 'internal-test-helpers';
 
 moduleFor(
@@ -12,7 +11,7 @@ moduleFor(
         () => {
           run(() => {
             schedule('actions', function () {
-              throw new EmberError('boom!');
+              throw new Error('boom!');
             });
           });
         },
@@ -37,10 +36,10 @@ moduleFor(
       assert.throws(
         () => {
           run(function () {
-            throw new EmberError('boom!');
+            throw new Error('boom!');
           });
         },
-        EmberError,
+        Error,
         'boom!'
       );