diff --git a/cli-plugins/manager/manager.go b/cli-plugins/manager/manager.go
index ef4b489606d3..94980b5fcbad 100644
--- a/cli-plugins/manager/manager.go
+++ b/cli-plugins/manager/manager.go
@@ -75,12 +75,12 @@ func getPluginDirs(cfg *configfile.ConfigFile) ([]string, error) {
 	return pluginDirs, nil
 }
 
-func addPluginCandidatesFromDir(res map[string][]string, d string) error {
+func addPluginCandidatesFromDir(res map[string][]string, d string) {
 	dentries, err := os.ReadDir(d)
 	// Silently ignore any directories which we cannot list (e.g. due to
 	// permissions or anything else) or which is not a directory
 	if err != nil {
-		return nil
+		return
 	}
 	for _, dentry := range dentries {
 		switch dentry.Type() & os.ModeType {
@@ -101,20 +101,13 @@ func addPluginCandidatesFromDir(res map[string][]string, d string) error {
 		}
 		res[name] = append(res[name], filepath.Join(d, dentry.Name()))
 	}
-	return nil
 }
 
 // listPluginCandidates returns a map from plugin name to the list of (unvalidated) Candidates. The list is in descending order of priority.
 func listPluginCandidates(dirs []string) (map[string][]string, error) {
 	result := make(map[string][]string)
 	for _, d := range dirs {
-		if err := addPluginCandidatesFromDir(result, d); err != nil {
-			// Silently ignore paths which don't exist.
-			if os.IsNotExist(err) {
-				continue
-			}
-			return nil, err // Or return partial result?
-		}
+		addPluginCandidatesFromDir(result, d)
 	}
 	return result, nil
 }