diff --git a/bin/doom b/bin/doom
index bbd7f65a6..6346d3902 100755
--- a/bin/doom
+++ b/bin/doom
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env sh
-:; set -e # -*- mode: emacs-lisp; lexical-binding: t -*-
+:; # -*- mode: emacs-lisp; lexical-binding: t -*-
 :; case "$EMACS" in *term*) EMACS=emacs ;; *) EMACS="${EMACS:-emacs}" ;; esac
 :; emacs="$EMACS -q --no-site-file --no-x-resources --no-splash --batch"
 :; tmpdir=`$emacs --eval '(princ (temporary-file-directory))' 2>/dev/null`
diff --git a/bin/doomscript b/bin/doomscript
index fd5be29d3..1a39e707b 100755
--- a/bin/doomscript
+++ b/bin/doomscript
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@
 # $BASH_SOURCE to locate it would reduce its POSIX compliance). This shouldn't
 # be an issue for folks writing their own CLIs, however.
 
-set -e
 case "$EMACS" in
     *term*) EMACS=emacs ;;
     *) EMACS="${EMACS:-emacs}" ;;