diff --git a/lib/internal/modules/run_main.js b/lib/internal/modules/run_main.js
index 507d076d162b0b..d7b0ee56a1e8a5 100644
--- a/lib/internal/modules/run_main.js
+++ b/lib/internal/modules/run_main.js
@@ -49,21 +49,14 @@ function runMainESM(mainPath) {
 
 function handleMainPromise(promise) {
   // Handle a Promise from running code that potentially does Top-Level Await.
-  // In that case, it makes sense to:
-  // - Treat a rejection as an unhandled exception
-  // - Set the exit code to a specific non-zero value if the main code never
-  //   finishes running.
+  // In that case, it makes sense to set the exit code to a specific non-zero
+  // value if the main code never finishes running.
   function handler() {
     if (process.exitCode === undefined)
       process.exitCode = 13;
   }
   process.on('exit', handler);
-  promise
-    .finally(() => process.off('exit', handler))
-    .catch((err) => {
-      internalBinding('errors').triggerUncaughtException(
-        err, true /* fromPromise */);
-    });
+  return promise.finally(() => process.off('exit', handler));
 }
 
 // For backwards compatibility, we have to run a bunch of