diff --git a/packages/exec/actions-exec-1.0.4.tgz b/packages/exec/actions-exec-1.0.4.tgz
deleted file mode 100644
index f189222ffa..0000000000
Binary files a/packages/exec/actions-exec-1.0.4.tgz and /dev/null differ
diff --git a/packages/exec/src/toolrunner.ts b/packages/exec/src/toolrunner.ts
index 4fe2d9e4e0..91ec5786d5 100644
--- a/packages/exec/src/toolrunner.ts
+++ b/packages/exec/src/toolrunner.ts
@@ -421,10 +421,6 @@ export class ToolRunner extends events.EventEmitter {
         this._debug(`   ${arg}`)
       }
 
-      this.on('error', (error: Error) => {
-        reject(error)
-      })
-
       const optionsNonNull = this._cloneExecOptions(this.options)
       if (!optionsNonNull.silent && optionsNonNull.outStream) {
         optionsNonNull.outStream.write(
@@ -438,11 +434,7 @@ export class ToolRunner extends events.EventEmitter {
       })
 
       if (this.options.cwd && !(await ioUtil.exists(this.options.cwd))) {
-        this.emit(
-          'error',
-          new Error(`The cwd: ${this.options.cwd} does not exist!`)
-        )
-        return
+        return reject(new Error(`The cwd: ${this.options.cwd} does not exist!`))
       }
 
       const fileName = this._getSpawnFileName()