diff --git a/CRM/Contact/Import/Parser/Contact.php b/CRM/Contact/Import/Parser/Contact.php
index b50cb47e0956..a1b98e4b71cc 100644
--- a/CRM/Contact/Import/Parser/Contact.php
+++ b/CRM/Contact/Import/Parser/Contact.php
@@ -174,7 +174,7 @@ public function summary(&$values): int {
    * @throws \CRM_Core_Exception
    * @throws \API_Exception
    */
-  public function import(&$values) {
+  public function import($values) {
     $rowNumber = (int) $values[array_key_last($values)];
 
     $this->_unparsedStreetAddressContacts = [];
diff --git a/CRM/Import/Parser.php b/CRM/Import/Parser.php
index 9cec7a68a891..30b8c8ae5ff4 100644
--- a/CRM/Import/Parser.php
+++ b/CRM/Import/Parser.php
@@ -1718,17 +1718,7 @@ public static function runImport($taskContext, $userJobID, $limit) {
 
     while ($row = $dataSource->getRow()) {
       $values = array_values($row);
-
-      try {
-        $parser->import($values);
-      }
-      catch (CiviCRM_API3_Exception $e) {
-        // When we catch errors here we are not adding to the errors array - mostly
-        // because that will become obsolete once https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/23292
-        // is merged and this will replace it as the main way to handle errors (ie. update the table
-        // and move on).
-        $parser->setImportStatus((int) $values[count($values) - 1], 'ERROR', $e->getMessage());
-      }
+      $parser->import($values);
     }
     $parser->doPostImportActions();
     return TRUE;
diff --git a/tests/phpunit/CRM/Contact/Import/Parser/ContactTest.php b/tests/phpunit/CRM/Contact/Import/Parser/ContactTest.php
index b665d9986bb1..0c191941767a 100644
--- a/tests/phpunit/CRM/Contact/Import/Parser/ContactTest.php
+++ b/tests/phpunit/CRM/Contact/Import/Parser/ContactTest.php
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ public function testImportParserWithEmployeeOfRelationship(): void {
     $parser->setUserJobID($userJobID);
     $parser->init();
 
-    $this->assertEquals(CRM_Import_Parser::VALID, $parser->import(CRM_Import_Parser::DUPLICATE_UPDATE, $values), 'Return code from parser import was not as expected');
+    $this->assertEquals(CRM_Import_Parser::VALID, $parser->import($values), 'Return code from parser import was not as expected');
     $this->callAPISuccessGetSingle('Contact', [
       'first_name' => 'Alok',
       'last_name' => 'Patel',
@@ -1623,7 +1623,7 @@ protected function runImport(array $originalValues, $onDuplicateAction, $expecte
     $parser->setUserJobID($userJobID);
     $parser->_dedupeRuleGroupID = $ruleGroupId;
     $parser->init();
-    $result = $parser->import($onDuplicateAction, $values);
+    $result = $parser->import($values);
     $dataSource = new CRM_Import_DataSource_CSV($userJobID);
     if ($result === FALSE && $expectedResult !== FALSE) {
       // Import is moving away from returning a status - this is a better way to check
@@ -1906,7 +1906,7 @@ public function testImportParserDoesNotMatchPrimaryToRelated(): void {
     $parser = new CRM_Contact_Import_Parser_Contact();
     $parser->setUserJobID($userJobID);
     $parser->init();
-    $parser->import(CRM_Import_Parser::DUPLICATE_UPDATE, $values);
+    $parser->import($values);
     $this->callAPISuccessGetSingle('Contact', [
       'first_name' => 'Bob',
       'last_name' => 'Dobbs',
@@ -2137,17 +2137,17 @@ public function testImportParserWithExternalIdForRelationship(bool $isOrganizati
       ['5_a_b', 'external_identifier'],
       ['5_a_b', 'organization_name'],
     ];
-    $fields = array_keys($contactImportValues);
+
     $values = array_values($contactImportValues);
     $userJobID = $this->getUserJobID([
       'mapper' => $mapper,
     ]);
 
-    $parser = new CRM_Contact_Import_Parser_Contact($fields);
+    $parser = new CRM_Contact_Import_Parser_Contact();
     $parser->setUserJobID($userJobID);
     $parser->init();
 
-    $parser->import(CRM_Import_Parser::DUPLICATE_UPDATE, $values);
+    $parser->import($values);
     $this->callAPISuccessGetCount('Contact', ['organization_name' => 'Big shop'], $isOrganizationProvided ? 2 : 0);
   }