diff --git a/src/tools/android/java/com/google/devtools/build/android/ManifestMergerAction.java b/src/tools/android/java/com/google/devtools/build/android/ManifestMergerAction.java
index 4d91397c703dd7..58bf31fe1e16a7 100644
--- a/src/tools/android/java/com/google/devtools/build/android/ManifestMergerAction.java
+++ b/src/tools/android/java/com/google/devtools/build/android/ManifestMergerAction.java
@@ -231,11 +231,6 @@ public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
         // to the expected location of the output.
         Files.copy(manifest, options.manifestOutput, StandardCopyOption.REPLACE_EXISTING);
       }
-    } catch (AndroidManifestProcessor.ManifestProcessingException e) {
-      // We special case ManifestProcessingExceptions here to indicate that this is
-      // caused by a build error, not an Bazel-internal error.
-      logger.log(SEVERE, "Error during merging manifests", e);
-      System.exit(1); // Don't duplicate the error to the user or bubble up the exception.
     } catch (Exception e) {
       logger.log(SEVERE, "Error during merging manifests", e);
       throw e; // This is a proper internal exception, so we bubble it up.