diff --git a/R/shared_constants.R b/R/shared_constants.R
index 2174502e8..c45aedc82 100644
--- a/R/shared_constants.R
+++ b/R/shared_constants.R
@@ -280,9 +280,7 @@ extract_glued_symbols <- function(expr, interpret_glue = TRUE) {
 
   glued_symbols <- new.env(parent = emptyenv())
   for (glue_call in glue_calls) {
-    # TODO(#2475): Drop tryCatch().
-    parsed_call <-
-      tryCatch(xml2lang(glue_call), error = unexpected_glue_parse_error, warning = unexpected_glue_parse_error)
+    parsed_call <- xml2lang(glue_call)
     parsed_call[[".envir"]] <- glued_symbols
     parsed_call[[".transformer"]] <- glue_symbol_extractor
     # #1459: syntax errors in glue'd code are ignored with warning, rather than crashing lint
@@ -291,14 +289,6 @@ extract_glued_symbols <- function(expr, interpret_glue = TRUE) {
   names(glued_symbols)
 }
 
-unexpected_glue_parse_error <- function(cond) {
-  # nocov start
-  cli_abort(c(
-    x = "Unexpected failure to parse glue call.",
-    i = "Please report: {conditionMessage(cond)}"
-  ))
-  # nocov end
-}
 glue_parse_failure_warning <- function(cond) {
   cli_warn(c(
     x = "Evaluating glue expression while testing for local variable usage failed: {conditionMessage(cond)}",