diff --git a/archivebox/cli/archivebox_version.py b/archivebox/cli/archivebox_version.py
index 2b2aebc0..1305a265 100755
--- a/archivebox/cli/archivebox_version.py
+++ b/archivebox/cli/archivebox_version.py
@@ -464,9 +464,7 @@ def version(
 )
 @docstring(version.__doc__)
 def main(**kwargs):
-    failures = version(**kwargs)
-    if failures:
-        raise SystemExit(1)
+    version(**kwargs)
 
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":