diff --git a/src/cli/commands/test/iac-local-execution/file-loader.ts b/src/cli/commands/test/iac-local-execution/file-loader.ts
index c6a593462d..9b95419aaa 100644
--- a/src/cli/commands/test/iac-local-execution/file-loader.ts
+++ b/src/cli/commands/test/iac-local-execution/file-loader.ts
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ export async function loadFiles(
   if (filesToScan.length === 0) {
     throw new NoFilesToScanError();
   }
-  return filesToScan;
+  return filesToScan.filter((file) => file.fileContent !== '');
 }
 
 function getFilePathsFromDirectory(
@@ -71,10 +71,6 @@ export async function tryLoadFileData(
     await fs.readFile(pathToScan, DEFAULT_ENCODING)
   ).toString();
 
-  if (fileContent === '') {
-    return null;
-  }
-
   return {
     filePath: pathToScan,
     fileType: fileType as IacFileTypes,
diff --git a/test/jest/unit/iac-unit-tests/file-loader.spec.ts b/test/jest/unit/iac-unit-tests/file-loader.spec.ts
index b3d0752bd9..8019dbe6b2 100644
--- a/test/jest/unit/iac-unit-tests/file-loader.spec.ts
+++ b/test/jest/unit/iac-unit-tests/file-loader.spec.ts
@@ -162,14 +162,13 @@ describe('loadFiles', () => {
     });
 
     describe('empty files', () => {
-      it('single empty file does not get scanned and throws an error', async () => {
+      it('single empty file gets scanned and returns no output', async () => {
         mockFs({
           [emptyFileStub.filePath]: emptyFileStub.fileContent,
         });
 
-        await expect(loadFiles(emptyFileStub.filePath)).rejects.toThrow(
-          NoFilesToScanError,
-        );
+        const loadedFiles = await loadFiles(emptyFileStub.filePath);
+        expect(loadedFiles).toEqual([]);
       });
 
       it('empty file in directory is skipped', async () => {