diff --git a/compiler/noirc_frontend/src/elaborator/expressions.rs b/compiler/noirc_frontend/src/elaborator/expressions.rs
index 8bee7241d43..0ca1d99f4d2 100644
--- a/compiler/noirc_frontend/src/elaborator/expressions.rs
+++ b/compiler/noirc_frontend/src/elaborator/expressions.rs
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ impl<'context> Elaborator<'context> {
                 (HirExpression::Error, Type::Error)
             }
             ExpressionKind::AsTraitPath(_) => {
-                self.push_err(ResolverError::UnquoteUsedOutsideQuote { span: expr.span });
+                self.push_err(ResolverError::AsTraitPathNotYetImplemented { span: expr.span });
                 (HirExpression::Error, Type::Error)
             }
             ExpressionKind::TypePath(path) => return self.elaborate_type_path(path),
diff --git a/compiler/noirc_frontend/src/hir/resolution/errors.rs b/compiler/noirc_frontend/src/hir/resolution/errors.rs
index 6298ef796b4..68ac84d42c6 100644
--- a/compiler/noirc_frontend/src/hir/resolution/errors.rs
+++ b/compiler/noirc_frontend/src/hir/resolution/errors.rs
@@ -128,6 +128,8 @@ pub enum ResolverError {
     ArrayLengthInterpreter { error: InterpreterError },
     #[error("The unquote operator '$' can only be used within a quote expression")]
     UnquoteUsedOutsideQuote { span: Span },
+    #[error("\"as trait path\" not yet implemented")]
+    AsTraitPathNotYetImplemented { span: Span },
     #[error("Invalid syntax in macro call")]
     InvalidSyntaxInMacroCall { span: Span },
     #[error("Macros must be comptime functions")]
@@ -548,6 +550,13 @@ impl<'a> From<&'a ResolverError> for Diagnostic {
                     *span,
                 )
             },
+            ResolverError::AsTraitPathNotYetImplemented { span } => {
+                Diagnostic::simple_error(
+                    "\"as trait path\" not yet implemented".into(),
+                    "".into(),
+                    *span,
+                )
+            },
             ResolverError::InvalidSyntaxInMacroCall { span } => {
                 Diagnostic::simple_error(
                     "Invalid syntax in macro call".into(),