diff --git a/base/REPLCompletions.jl b/base/REPLCompletions.jl
index f07b8d454cce4..cd9c4a0eb4b49 100644
--- a/base/REPLCompletions.jl
+++ b/base/REPLCompletions.jl
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ function complete_path(path::AbstractString, pos; use_envpath=false)
         dir, prefix = splitdir(path)
     end
     local files
-    try
+#    try
         if isempty(dir)
             files = readdir()
         elseif isdir(dir)
@@ -119,14 +119,14 @@ function complete_path(path::AbstractString, pos; use_envpath=false)
         else
             return String[], 0:-1, false
         end
-    catch
-        return String[], 0:-1, false
-    end
+#    catch
+#        return String[], 0:-1, false
+#    end
 
     matches = Set{String}()
     for file in files
         if startswith(file, prefix)
-            id = try isdir(joinpath(dir, file)) catch; false end
+            id = isdir(joinpath(dir, file))
             # joinpath is not used because windows needs to complete with double-backslash
             push!(matches, id ? file * (@static is_windows() ? "\\\\" : "/") : file)
         end
@@ -138,12 +138,12 @@ function complete_path(path::AbstractString, pos; use_envpath=false)
 
         for pathdir in pathdirs
             local actualpath
-            try
+#            try
                 actualpath = realpath(pathdir)
-            catch
+#            catch
                 # Bash doesn't expect every folder in PATH to exist, so neither shall we
-                continue
-            end
+#                continue
+#            end
 
             if actualpath != pathdir && in(actualpath,pathdirs)
                 # Remove paths which (after resolving links) are in the env path twice.
@@ -152,17 +152,17 @@ function complete_path(path::AbstractString, pos; use_envpath=false)
             end
 
             local filesinpath
-            try
+#            try
                 filesinpath = readdir(pathdir)
-            catch e
+#            catch e
                 # Bash allows dirs in PATH that can't be read, so we should as well.
-                if isa(e, SystemError)
-                    continue
-                else
+#                if isa(e, SystemError)
+ #                   continue
+ #               else
                     # We only handle SystemErrors here
-                    rethrow(e)
-                end
-            end
+ #                   rethrow(e)
+#                end
+#            end
 
             for file in filesinpath
                 # In a perfect world, we would filter on whether the file is executable
diff --git a/test/replcompletions.jl b/test/replcompletions.jl
index 1b9ee804bd6e5..574c0b5bf75a6 100644
--- a/test/replcompletions.jl
+++ b/test/replcompletions.jl
@@ -634,9 +634,13 @@ if is_windows()
     file = basename(tmp)
     temp_name = basename(path)
     cd(path) do
+        @test isdir(path)
+        @test !isempty(path)
+        readdir(path)
+
         s = "cd ..\\\\"
         c,r = test_scomplete(s)
-        @test r == length(s)+1:length(s)
+        @test r == length(s)+1+0:length(s)
         @test temp_name * "\\\\" in c
 
         s = "ls $(file[1:2])"