diff --git a/src/System.Management.Automation/DscSupport/CimDSCParser.cs b/src/System.Management.Automation/DscSupport/CimDSCParser.cs
index b314aa6087..dcf52a1ad0 100644
--- a/src/System.Management.Automation/DscSupport/CimDSCParser.cs
+++ b/src/System.Management.Automation/DscSupport/CimDSCParser.cs
@@ -1233,8 +1233,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.PowerShell.DesiredStateConfiguration.Internal
         {
             if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(path))
             {
-                throw PSTraceSource.NewArgumentNullException("path");
-                throw new ArgumentNullException("path");
+                throw PSTraceSource.NewArgumentNullException(nameof(path));
             }
 
             if (schemaValidationOption < (int)Microsoft.Management.Infrastructure.Serialization.MofDeserializerSchemaValidationOption.Default ||
@@ -4073,4 +4072,3 @@ namespace Microsoft.PowerShell.DesiredStateConfiguration.Internal
     ";
     }
 }
-