1 files changed, 2 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/bpkg/auth.cxx b/bpkg/auth.cxx
index 4ea0e4b..8cb1ed4 100644
--- a/bpkg/auth.cxx
+++ b/bpkg/auth.cxx
@@ -420,10 +420,8 @@ namespace bpkg
         // parsing diagnostics since we were probably parsing garbage.
         //
         if (pr.wait ())
-        {
-          error << "invalid certificate for " << repo << ": " << e.what ();
-          throw failed ();
-        }
+          fail << "invalid certificate for " << repo << ": " << e.what ()
+               << endf;
 
         // Fall through.
       }