diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 3fef3103d96..cf9a6f0d767 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -697,7 +697,7 @@ cli/executor.o: cli/executor.cpp cli/executor.h lib/addoninfo.h lib/checkers.h l
 cli/filelister.o: cli/filelister.cpp cli/filelister.h lib/config.h lib/filesettings.h lib/mathlib.h lib/path.h lib/pathmatch.h lib/platform.h lib/standards.h lib/utils.h
 	$(CXX) ${INCLUDE_FOR_CLI} $(CPPFLAGS) $(CXXFLAGS) -c -o $@ cli/filelister.cpp
 
-cli/main.o: cli/main.cpp cli/cppcheckexecutor.h lib/config.h lib/errortypes.h lib/filesettings.h lib/mathlib.h lib/path.h lib/platform.h lib/standards.h
+cli/main.o: cli/main.cpp cli/cppcheckexecutor.h lib/config.h lib/filesettings.h lib/mathlib.h lib/path.h lib/platform.h lib/standards.h
 	$(CXX) ${INCLUDE_FOR_CLI} $(CPPFLAGS) $(CXXFLAGS) -c -o $@ cli/main.cpp
 
 cli/processexecutor.o: cli/processexecutor.cpp cli/executor.h cli/processexecutor.h lib/addoninfo.h lib/check.h lib/checkers.h lib/config.h lib/cppcheck.h lib/errorlogger.h lib/errortypes.h lib/filesettings.h lib/library.h lib/mathlib.h lib/path.h lib/platform.h lib/settings.h lib/standards.h lib/suppressions.h lib/timer.h lib/utils.h
diff --git a/cli/main.cpp b/cli/main.cpp
index d2a8417560e..bd766eacc7a 100644
--- a/cli/main.cpp
+++ b/cli/main.cpp
@@ -56,17 +56,8 @@
  * When errors are found, they are reported back to the CppCheckExecutor through the ErrorLogger interface.
  */
 
-
 #include "cppcheckexecutor.h"
 
-#ifdef NDEBUG
-#include "errortypes.h"
-
-#include <cstdlib>
-#include <exception>
-#include <iostream>
-#endif
-
 /**
  * Main function of cppcheck
  *
@@ -82,21 +73,5 @@ int main(int argc, char* argv[])
 #endif
 
     CppCheckExecutor exec;
-
-// *INDENT-OFF*
-#ifdef NDEBUG
-    try {
-#endif
-        return exec.check(argc, argv);
-#ifdef NDEBUG
-    } catch (const InternalError& e) {
-        std::cout << e.errorMessage << std::endl;
-    } catch (const std::exception& error) {
-        std::cout << error.what() << std::endl;
-    } catch (...) {
-        std::cout << "Unknown exception" << std::endl;
-    }
-    return EXIT_FAILURE;
-#endif
-// *INDENT-ON*
+    return exec.check(argc, argv);
 }