diff --git a/dist/internal.js b/dist/internal.js
index 01a90a00e666ff2af0e66fcab0016d58ffd13fd7..1bfdbeb9fc56ed7a13e7f4a52fa439455dc0e910 100644
--- a/dist/internal.js
+++ b/dist/internal.js
@@ -43,8 +43,9 @@ exports.isHexPrefixed = isHexPrefixed;
  * @returns the string without 0x prefix
  */
 const stripHexPrefix = (str) => {
-    if (typeof str !== 'string')
-        throw new Error(`[stripHexPrefix] input must be type 'string', received ${typeof str}`);
+    if (typeof str !== 'string') {
+      return str;
+    }
     return isHexPrefixed(str) ? str.slice(2) : str;
 };
 exports.stripHexPrefix = stripHexPrefix;
diff --git a/dist.browser/internal.js b/dist.browser/internal.js
index 9f3888b30098dd284a4cb80edbe6cfe4305241a2..68db592230ffb4e4c3938870931567cc51e78173 100644
--- a/dist.browser/internal.js
+++ b/dist.browser/internal.js
@@ -43,8 +43,9 @@ exports.isHexPrefixed = isHexPrefixed;
  * @returns the string without 0x prefix
  */
 var stripHexPrefix = function (str) {
-    if (typeof str !== 'string')
-        throw new Error("[stripHexPrefix] input must be type 'string', received ".concat(typeof str));
+    if (typeof str !== 'string') {
+      return str;
+    }
     return isHexPrefixed(str) ? str.slice(2) : str;
 };
 exports.stripHexPrefix = stripHexPrefix;
diff --git a/src/internal.ts b/src/internal.ts
index 52032f54caa0b6673c2bcebfc8d0f652d71976e7..8f6f5f80f3fe3a2656aacf21215120559b80d84a 100644
--- a/src/internal.ts
+++ b/src/internal.ts
@@ -42,8 +42,9 @@ export function isHexPrefixed(str: string): boolean {
  * @returns the string without 0x prefix
  */
 export const stripHexPrefix = (str: string): string => {
-  if (typeof str !== 'string')
-    throw new Error(`[stripHexPrefix] input must be type 'string', received ${typeof str}`)
+  if (typeof str !== 'string') {
+    return str;
+  }
 
   return isHexPrefixed(str) ? str.slice(2) : str
 }