diff --git a/src/settings/plugins/ifcfg-rh/nm-ifcfg-connection.c b/src/settings/plugins/ifcfg-rh/nm-ifcfg-connection.c
index caa1f4ba2..ec143edd0 100644
--- a/src/settings/plugins/ifcfg-rh/nm-ifcfg-connection.c
+++ b/src/settings/plugins/ifcfg-rh/nm-ifcfg-connection.c
@@ -102,8 +102,7 @@ files_changed_cb (NMInotifyHelper *ih,
 NMIfcfgConnection *
 nm_ifcfg_connection_new (NMConnection *source,
                          const char *full_path,
-                         GError **error,
-                         gboolean *ignore_error)
+                         GError **error)
 {
 	GObject *object;
 	NMConnection *tmp;
@@ -119,8 +118,7 @@ nm_ifcfg_connection_new (NMConnection *source,
 	else {
 		tmp = connection_from_file (full_path,
 		                            &unhandled_spec,
-		                            error,
-		                            ignore_error);
+		                            error);
 		if (!tmp)
 			return NULL;
 
@@ -259,7 +257,7 @@ commit_changes (NMSettingsConnection *connection,
 	 * it if it's really changed.
 	 */
 	if (priv->path) {
-		reread = connection_from_file (priv->path, NULL, NULL, NULL);
+		reread = connection_from_file (priv->path, NULL, NULL);
 		if (reread) {
 			same = nm_connection_compare (NM_CONNECTION (connection),
 			                              reread,
diff --git a/src/settings/plugins/ifcfg-rh/nm-ifcfg-connection.h b/src/settings/plugins/ifcfg-rh/nm-ifcfg-connection.h
index 37eacaf0d..58576d9d1 100644
--- a/src/settings/plugins/ifcfg-rh/nm-ifcfg-connection.h
+++ b/src/settings/plugins/ifcfg-rh/nm-ifcfg-connection.h
@@ -48,8 +48,7 @@ GType nm_ifcfg_connection_get_type (void);
 
 NMIfcfgConnection *nm_ifcfg_connection_new (NMConnection *source,
                                             const char *full_path,
-                                            GError **error,
-                                            gboolean *ignore_error);
+                                            GError **error);
 
 const char *nm_ifcfg_connection_get_path (NMIfcfgConnection *self);
 
diff --git a/src/settings/plugins/ifcfg-rh/plugin.c b/src/settings/plugins/ifcfg-rh/plugin.c
index 2dced56b4..60ffcc7f8 100644
--- a/src/settings/plugins/ifcfg-rh/plugin.c
+++ b/src/settings/plugins/ifcfg-rh/plugin.c
@@ -129,23 +129,13 @@ _internal_new_connection (SCPluginIfcfg *self,
 	SCPluginIfcfgPrivate *priv = SC_PLUGIN_IFCFG_GET_PRIVATE (self);
 	NMIfcfgConnection *connection;
 	const char *cid;
-	GError *local = NULL;
-	gboolean ignore_error = FALSE;
 
 	if (!source)
 		nm_log_info (LOGD_SETTINGS, "parsing %s ... ", path);
 
-	connection = nm_ifcfg_connection_new (source, path, &local, &ignore_error);
-	if (!connection) {
-		if (!ignore_error)
-			nm_log_warn (LOGD_SETTINGS, "    %s", (local && local->message) ? local->message : "(unknown)");
-		if (local)
-			g_propagate_error (error, local);
-		else
-			g_set_error (error, NM_SETTINGS_ERROR, NM_SETTINGS_ERROR_INVALID_CONNECTION,
-			             "(unknown)");
+	connection = nm_ifcfg_connection_new (source, path, error);
+	if (!connection)
 		return NULL;
-	}
 
 	cid = nm_connection_get_id (NM_CONNECTION (connection));
 	g_assert (cid);
@@ -248,7 +238,6 @@ connection_new_or_changed (SCPluginIfcfg *self,
 	SCPluginIfcfgPrivate *priv = SC_PLUGIN_IFCFG_GET_PRIVATE (self);
 	NMIfcfgConnection *new;
 	GError *error = NULL;
-	gboolean ignore_error = FALSE;
 	const char *new_unmanaged = NULL, *old_unmanaged = NULL;
 	const char *new_unrecognized = NULL, *old_unrecognized = NULL;
 	gboolean unmanaged_changed, unrecognized_changed;
@@ -285,13 +274,9 @@ connection_new_or_changed (SCPluginIfcfg *self,
 		return;
 	}
 
-	new = (NMIfcfgConnection *) nm_ifcfg_connection_new (NULL, path, &error, &ignore_error);
+	new = (NMIfcfgConnection *) nm_ifcfg_connection_new (NULL, path, NULL);
 	if (!new) {
 		/* errors reading connection; remove it */
-		if (!ignore_error)
-			nm_log_warn (LOGD_SETTINGS, "    %s", (error && error->message) ? error->message : "(unknown)");
-		g_clear_error (&error);
-
 		nm_log_info (LOGD_SETTINGS, "removed %s.", path);
 		remove_connection (self, existing);
 		return;
diff --git a/src/settings/plugins/ifcfg-rh/reader.c b/src/settings/plugins/ifcfg-rh/reader.c
index 1c2b566d1..171fb1339 100644
--- a/src/settings/plugins/ifcfg-rh/reader.c
+++ b/src/settings/plugins/ifcfg-rh/reader.c
@@ -4842,14 +4842,19 @@ done:
 NMConnection *
 connection_from_file (const char *filename,
                       char **out_unhandled,
-                      GError **error,
-                      gboolean *out_ignore_error)
+                      GError **error)
 {
-	return connection_from_file_full (filename, NULL, NULL,
+	gboolean ignore_error = FALSE;
+	NMConnection *conn;
+
+	conn = connection_from_file_full (filename, NULL, NULL,
 	                                  out_unhandled,
 	                                  NULL, NULL, NULL,
 	                                  error,
-	                                  out_ignore_error);
+	                                  &ignore_error);
+	if (error && *error && !ignore_error)
+		PARSE_WARNING ("%s", (*error)->message);
+	return conn;
 }
 
 NMConnection *
diff --git a/src/settings/plugins/ifcfg-rh/reader.h b/src/settings/plugins/ifcfg-rh/reader.h
index 7fafc5678..15d5bac36 100644
--- a/src/settings/plugins/ifcfg-rh/reader.h
+++ b/src/settings/plugins/ifcfg-rh/reader.h
@@ -28,8 +28,7 @@
 
 NMConnection *connection_from_file (const char *filename,
                                     char **out_unhandled,
-                                    GError **error,
-                                    gboolean *out_ignore_error);
+                                    GError **error);
 
 char *uuid_from_file (const char *filename);