diff --git a/cli/src/tasks/update.ts b/cli/src/tasks/update.ts
index ff945a4c06..87b576ee35 100644
--- a/cli/src/tasks/update.ts
+++ b/cli/src/tasks/update.ts
@@ -58,15 +58,11 @@ export function updateChecks(config: Config, platforms: string[]): CheckFunction
 }
 
 export async function update(config: Config, platformName: string, deployment: boolean) {
-  try {
-    await runTask(chalk`{green {bold update}} {bold ${platformName}}`, async () => {
-      if (platformName === config.ios.name) {
-        await updateIOS(config, deployment);
-      } else if (platformName === config.android.name) {
-        await updateAndroid(config);
-      }
-    });
-  } catch (e) {
-    logError('Error running update:', e);
-  }
+  await runTask(chalk`{green {bold update}} {bold ${platformName}}`, async () => {
+    if (platformName === config.ios.name) {
+      await updateIOS(config, deployment);
+    } else if (platformName === config.android.name) {
+      await updateAndroid(config);
+    }
+  });
 }
diff --git a/cli/test/update.android.spec.ts b/cli/test/update.android.spec.ts
index 375e1ef22f..41efeb362e 100644
--- a/cli/test/update.android.spec.ts
+++ b/cli/test/update.android.spec.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
-import { APP_ID, APP_NAME, CORDOVA_PLUGIN_ID, MappedFS, makeAppDir, makeConfig, run } from './util';
-import { updateCommand } from '../src/tasks/update';
+import { APP_ID, APP_NAME, CORDOVA_PLUGIN_ID, MappedFS, makeAppDir, run } from './util';
 
 describe.each([false, true])('Update: Android (monoRepoLike: %p)', (monoRepoLike) => {
   let appDirObj;
@@ -14,8 +13,6 @@ describe.each([false, true])('Update: Android (monoRepoLike: %p)', (monoRepoLike
     // Init in this directory so we can test add
     await run(appDir, `init "${APP_NAME}" "${APP_ID}" --npm-client npm`);
     await run(appDir, `add android`);
-    // Redundant, because add does this, but called explicitly for thoroughness
-    await updateCommand(makeConfig(appDir), 'android', false);
     FS = new MappedFS(appDir);
   });
 
diff --git a/cli/test/update.ios.spec.ts b/cli/test/update.ios.spec.ts
index 8221562a04..0484b95e6a 100644
--- a/cli/test/update.ios.spec.ts
+++ b/cli/test/update.ios.spec.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
-import { APP_ID, APP_NAME, CORDOVA_PLUGIN_ID, MappedFS, makeAppDir, makeConfig, run } from './util';
-import { updateCommand } from '../src/tasks/update';
+import { APP_ID, APP_NAME, CORDOVA_PLUGIN_ID, MappedFS, makeAppDir, run } from './util';
 
 describe.each([false, true])('Update: iOS (monoRepoLike: %p)', (monoRepoLike) => {
   let appDirObj;
@@ -14,8 +13,6 @@ describe.each([false, true])('Update: iOS (monoRepoLike: %p)', (monoRepoLike) =>
     // Init in this directory so we can test add
     await run(appDir, `init "${APP_NAME}" "${APP_ID}" --npm-client npm`);
     await run(appDir, `add ios`);
-    // Redundant, because add does this, but called explicitly for thoroughness
-    await updateCommand(makeConfig(appDir), 'ios', false);
     FS = new MappedFS(appDir);
   });