diff --git a/lib/utils/exit-handler.js b/lib/utils/exit-handler.js
index a18a78da849a0..7be138d2c361f 100644
--- a/lib/utils/exit-handler.js
+++ b/lib/utils/exit-handler.js
@@ -65,9 +65,8 @@ process.on('exit', code => {
     writeLogFile()
   }
   // In timing mode we always write the log file
-  if (npm.config.loaded && npm.config.get('timing') && !wroteLogFile) {
+  if (npm.config.loaded && npm.config.get('timing') && !wroteLogFile)
     writeLogFile()
-  }
   if (wroteLogFile) {
     // just a line break
     if (npm.log.levels[npm.log.level] <= npm.log.levels.error)
@@ -124,9 +123,6 @@ const exitHandler = (err) => {
     } else if (!(err instanceof Error)) {
       noLog = true
       npm.log.error('weird error', err)
-    } else if (err.code === 'EUSAGE') {
-      npm.output(err.message)
-      noLog = true
     } else {
       if (!err.code) {
         const matchErrorCode = err.message.match(/^(?:Error: )?(E[A-Z]+)/)
diff --git a/test/lib/utils/exit-handler.js b/test/lib/utils/exit-handler.js
index 40476c0d2073f..f74938750237e 100644
--- a/test/lib/utils/exit-handler.js
+++ b/test/lib/utils/exit-handler.js
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ const cacheFolder = t.testdir({})
 const logFile = path.resolve(cacheFolder, '_logs', 'expecteddate-debug.log')
 const timingFile = path.resolve(cacheFolder, '_timing.json')
 
-const { Npm, outputs } = mockNpm(t, {
+const { Npm } = mockNpm(t, {
   '../../package.json': {
     version: '1.0.0',
   },
@@ -203,21 +203,6 @@ t.test('throw a non-error obj', (t) => {
   )
 })
 
-t.test('EUSAGE', (t) => {
-  t.plan(2)
-
-  process.once('exit', code => {
-    t.equal(code, 1, 'exits with exitCode 1')
-  })
-  exitHandler(Object.assign(
-    new Error('this is the usage message'),
-    {
-      code: 'EUSAGE'
-    }
-  ))
-  t.match(outputs, [['this is the usage message']])
-})
-
 t.test('throw a string error', (t) => {
   t.plan(2)
   const error = 'foo bar'