diff --git a/manifest_xml.py b/manifest_xml.py
index e8693ba8..07f0c66a 100644
--- a/manifest_xml.py
+++ b/manifest_xml.py
@@ -344,11 +344,8 @@ class XmlManifest(object):
       try:
         for local_file in sorted(os.listdir(local_dir)):
           if local_file.endswith('.xml'):
-            try:
-              local = os.path.join(local_dir, local_file)
-              nodes.append(self._ParseManifestXml(local, self.repodir))
-            except ManifestParseError as e:
-              print('%s' % str(e), file=sys.stderr)
+            local = os.path.join(local_dir, local_file)
+            nodes.append(self._ParseManifestXml(local, self.repodir))
       except OSError:
         pass