diff --git a/contrib/blocklist/libexec/blocklistd-helper b/contrib/blocklist/libexec/blocklistd-helper
index 14a192ee35c..f27cde4ed4e 100755
--- a/contrib/blocklist/libexec/blocklistd-helper
+++ b/contrib/blocklist/libexec/blocklistd-helper
@@ -258,7 +258,7 @@ flush)
 	pf)
 		# dynamically determine which anchors exist
 		for anchor in $(/sbin/pfctl -a "$2" -s Anchors 2> /dev/null); do
-			/sbin/pfctl -a "$anchor" -t "port${anchor##*/}" -T flush 2> /dev/null
+			/sbin/pfctl -a "$anchor" -t "port${anchor##*/}" -T flush
 			/sbin/pfctl -a "$anchor" -F rules
 		done
 		echo OK
diff --git a/libexec/blocklistd-helper/blacklistd-helper b/libexec/blocklistd-helper/blacklistd-helper
index 92f768e86cd..4195f070e8e 100644
--- a/libexec/blocklistd-helper/blacklistd-helper
+++ b/libexec/blocklistd-helper/blacklistd-helper
@@ -279,7 +279,7 @@ flush)
 	pf)
 		# dynamically determine which anchors exist
 		for anchor in $(/sbin/pfctl -a "$2" -s Anchors 2> /dev/null); do
-			/sbin/pfctl -a "$anchor" -t "port${anchor##*/}" -T flush 2> /dev/null
+			/sbin/pfctl -a "$anchor" -t "port${anchor##*/}" -T flush
 			/sbin/pfctl -a "$anchor" -F rules
 		done
 		echo OK