diff --git a/besu/src/main/java/org/hyperledger/besu/cli/error/BesuExecutionExceptionHandler.java b/besu/src/main/java/org/hyperledger/besu/cli/error/BesuExecutionExceptionHandler.java
index fa66f6278eb..77b458eb78c 100644
--- a/besu/src/main/java/org/hyperledger/besu/cli/error/BesuExecutionExceptionHandler.java
+++ b/besu/src/main/java/org/hyperledger/besu/cli/error/BesuExecutionExceptionHandler.java
@@ -27,9 +27,6 @@ public int handleExecutionException(
       final CommandLine.ParseResult parseResult) {
     final CommandSpec spec = commandLine.getCommandSpec();
     commandLine.getErr().println(ex);
-    // TODO SLD
-    commandLine.getErr().println(ex.getCause());
-    ex.printStackTrace(commandLine.getErr());
     return commandLine.getExitCodeExceptionMapper() != null
         ? commandLine.getExitCodeExceptionMapper().getExitCode(ex)
         : spec.exitCodeOnExecutionException();