diff --git a/run-command.c b/run-command.c
index 6bd16acb06..ea192882fb 100644
--- a/run-command.c
+++ b/run-command.c
@@ -301,7 +301,6 @@ enum child_errcode {
 	CHILD_ERR_DUP2,
 	CHILD_ERR_CLOSE,
 	CHILD_ERR_SIGPROCMASK,
-	CHILD_ERR_ENOENT,
 	CHILD_ERR_SILENT,
 	CHILD_ERR_ERRNO
 };
@@ -384,9 +383,6 @@ static void child_err_spew(struct child_process *cmd, struct child_err *cerr)
 	case CHILD_ERR_SIGPROCMASK:
 		error_errno("sigprocmask failed restoring signals");
 		break;
-	case CHILD_ERR_ENOENT:
-		error_errno("cannot run %s", cmd->args.v[0]);
-		break;
 	case CHILD_ERR_SILENT:
 		break;
 	case CHILD_ERR_ERRNO:
@@ -840,13 +836,9 @@ fail_pipe:
 			execve(argv.v[0], (char *const *) argv.v,
 			       (char *const *) childenv);
 
-		if (errno == ENOENT) {
-			if (cmd->silent_exec_failure)
-				child_die(CHILD_ERR_SILENT);
-			child_die(CHILD_ERR_ENOENT);
-		} else {
-			child_die(CHILD_ERR_ERRNO);
-		}
+		if (cmd->silent_exec_failure && errno == ENOENT)
+			child_die(CHILD_ERR_SILENT);
+		child_die(CHILD_ERR_ERRNO);
 	}
 	atfork_parent(&as);
 	if (cmd->pid < 0)
diff --git a/t/t1800-hook.sh b/t/t1800-hook.sh
index c156d6decc..8b0234cf2d 100755
--- a/t/t1800-hook.sh
+++ b/t/t1800-hook.sh
@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@ test_expect_success 'git hook run a hook with a bad shebang' '
 	# TODO: We should emit the same (or at least a more similar)
 	# error on MINGW (essentially Git for Windows) and all other
 	# platforms.. See the OS-specific code in start_command()
-	grep -E "^(error|fatal): cannot (exec|run|spawn) .*bad-hooks/test-hook" err
+	grep -E "^(error|fatal): cannot (exec|spawn) .*bad-hooks/test-hook" err
 '
 
 test_expect_success 'stdin to hooks' '