diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 2600df968..85f64896c 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -83,6 +83,7 @@
 * [#3018](https://github.com/ruby-grape/grape/pull/3018): Stop copying the auth middleware per request - [@ericproulx](https://github.com/ericproulx).
 * [#3023](https://github.com/ruby-grape/grape/pull/3023): Raise from `error!` instead of throwing `:error`, so a transaction it leaves rolls back - [@ericproulx](https://github.com/ericproulx).
 * [#3027](https://github.com/ruby-grape/grape/pull/3027): Scrub outside input through one helper, `Grape::Util::Scrub` - [@ericproulx](https://github.com/ericproulx).
+* [#3030](https://github.com/ruby-grape/grape/pull/3030): Restore the Error middleware's two defaults without restating every option - [@ericproulx](https://github.com/ericproulx).
 * Your contribution here.
 
 ### 4.0.1 (2026-09-15)
diff --git a/lib/grape/middleware/error.rb b/lib/grape/middleware/error.rb
index 9f6d3e906..4da451da5 100644
--- a/lib/grape/middleware/error.rb
+++ b/lib/grape/middleware/error.rb
@@ -24,16 +24,12 @@ def initialize(
           # `Endpoint#error_middleware_options` when the API called no
           # `rescue_from` and no `format` — and an explicit nil bypasses the
           # keyword defaults above, so restore them here rather than letting nil
-          # propagate to `def_delegator :rescue_options, :backtrace` or to the
-          # formatter lookup in `#format_message`.
-          super(
-            rescue_options: rescue_options || Grape::DSL::RescueOptions.new,
-            default_error_formatter: default_error_formatter || Grape::ErrorFormatter::Txt,
-            all_rescue_handler:, base_only_rescue_handlers:, content_types:,
-            default_message:, default_status:, error_formatters:, format:,
-            grape_exceptions_rescue_handler:, internal_grape_exceptions_rescue_handler:,
-            rescue_all:, rescue_grape_exceptions:, rescue_handlers:
-          )
+          # reach `rescue_options.backtrace` in `#initialize` or the formatter
+          # lookup in `#format_message`. A bare `super` hands the parameters
+          # over as they stand, these two included.
+          rescue_options ||= Grape::DSL::RescueOptions.new
+          default_error_formatter ||= Grape::ErrorFormatter::Txt
+          super
         end
       end