diff --git a/src/Psalm/Config.php b/src/Psalm/Config.php
index 5748f15953e..08bc9604f2e 100644
--- a/src/Psalm/Config.php
+++ b/src/Psalm/Config.php
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@
 use function class_exists;
 use function count;
 use function dirname;
+use function error_log;
 use function explode;
 use function extension_loaded;
 use function file_exists;
@@ -94,12 +95,10 @@
 use function substr;
 use function substr_count;
 use function sys_get_temp_dir;
-use function trigger_error;
 use function unlink;
 use function version_compare;
 
 use const DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR;
-use const E_USER_ERROR;
 use const GLOB_NOSORT;
 use const LIBXML_ERR_ERROR;
 use const LIBXML_ERR_FATAL;
@@ -1016,7 +1015,7 @@ private static function fromXmlAndPaths(
         }
 
         if (is_dir($config->cache_directory) === false && @mkdir($config->cache_directory, 0777, true) === false) {
-            trigger_error('Could not create cache directory: ' . $config->cache_directory, E_USER_ERROR);
+            error_log('Could not create cache directory: ' . $config->cache_directory);
         }
 
         if ($cwd) {
diff --git a/src/Psalm/Internal/Provider/ParserCacheProvider.php b/src/Psalm/Internal/Provider/ParserCacheProvider.php
index 755a064a807..893844e2eee 100644
--- a/src/Psalm/Internal/Provider/ParserCacheProvider.php
+++ b/src/Psalm/Internal/Provider/ParserCacheProvider.php
@@ -30,13 +30,11 @@
 use function scandir;
 use function serialize;
 use function touch;
-use function trigger_error;
 use function unlink;
 use function unserialize;
 use function usleep;
 
 use const DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR;
-use const E_USER_ERROR;
 use const LOCK_EX;
 use const LOCK_SH;
 use const SCANDIR_SORT_NONE;
@@ -385,7 +383,7 @@ private function createCacheDirectory(string $parser_cache_directory): void
             } catch (RuntimeException $e) {
                 // Race condition (#4483)
                 if (!is_dir($parser_cache_directory)) {
-                    trigger_error('Could not create parser cache directory: ' . $parser_cache_directory, E_USER_ERROR);
+                    error_log('Could not create parser cache directory: ' . $parser_cache_directory);
                 }
             }
         }