diff --git a/lib/internal/fs/utils.js b/lib/internal/fs/utils.js
index 300d8bf9b956da..f14e34e7c62e06 100644
--- a/lib/internal/fs/utils.js
+++ b/lib/internal/fs/utils.js
@@ -673,12 +673,8 @@ const defaultRmdirOptions = {
 };
 
 const validateRmOptions = hideStackFrames((path, options, callback) => {
-  try {
-    options = validateRmdirOptions(options, defaultRmOptions);
-    validateBoolean(options.force, 'options.force');
-  } catch (err) {
-    return callback(err);
-  }
+  options = validateRmdirOptions(options, defaultRmOptions);
+  validateBoolean(options.force, 'options.force');
 
   lazyLoadFs().stat(path, (err, stats) => {
     if (err) {