diff --git a/lib/repl.js b/lib/repl.js
index 3ed7f7dd6d8f22..feaa4b32df5064 100644
--- a/lib/repl.js
+++ b/lib/repl.js
@@ -1025,9 +1025,7 @@ function complete(line, callback) {
 
   // Will be called when all completionGroups are in place
   // Useful for async autocompletion
-  function completionGroupsLoaded(err) {
-    if (err) throw err;
-
+  function completionGroupsLoaded() {
     // Filter, sort (within each group), uniq and merge the completion groups.
     if (completionGroups.length && filter) {
       var newCompletionGroups = [];