diff --git a/cli/src/filterer/common.rs b/cli/src/filterer/common.rs
index b09d811..2d7e46c 100644
--- a/cli/src/filterer/common.rs
+++ b/cli/src/filterer/common.rs
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ pub async fn ignores(
 	args: &ArgMatches<'static>,
 	vcs_types: &[ProjectType],
 	origin: &Path,
-) -> Result<Vec<IgnoreFile>> {
+) -> Vec<IgnoreFile> {
 	let (mut ignores, errors) = ignore::from_origin(origin).await;
 	for err in errors {
 		warn!("while discovering project-local ignore files: {}", err);
@@ -150,5 +150,5 @@ pub async fn ignores(
 		debug!(?ignores, "filtered ignores to exclude VCS-specific ignores");
 	}
 
-	Ok(ignores)
+	ignores
 }
diff --git a/cli/src/filterer/globset.rs b/cli/src/filterer/globset.rs
index 29670aa..bd1930e 100644
--- a/cli/src/filterer/globset.rs
+++ b/cli/src/filterer/globset.rs
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ use watchexec::{
 pub async fn globset(args: &ArgMatches<'static>) -> Result<Arc<WatchexecFilterer>> {
 	let (project_origin, workdir) = super::common::dirs(args).await?;
 	let vcs_types = super::common::vcs_types(&project_origin).await;
-	let ignore_files = super::common::ignores(args, &vcs_types, &project_origin).await?;
+	let ignore_files = super::common::ignores(args, &vcs_types, &project_origin).await;
 
 	let mut ignores = Vec::new();
 
diff --git a/cli/src/filterer/tagged.rs b/cli/src/filterer/tagged.rs
index 64fa1b2..152ad96 100644
--- a/cli/src/filterer/tagged.rs
+++ b/cli/src/filterer/tagged.rs
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ use watchexec::{
 pub async fn tagged(args: &ArgMatches<'static>) -> Result<Arc<TaggedFilterer>> {
 	let (project_origin, workdir) = super::common::dirs(args).await?;
 	let vcs_types = super::common::vcs_types(&project_origin).await;
-	let ignores = super::common::ignores(args, &vcs_types, &project_origin).await?;
+	let ignores = super::common::ignores(args, &vcs_types, &project_origin).await;
 
 	let filterer = TaggedFilterer::new(project_origin, workdir.clone())?;