diff --git a/lib/cppcheck.cpp b/lib/cppcheck.cpp
index dce52fdefa6b..15970b6b491d 100644
--- a/lib/cppcheck.cpp
+++ b/lib/cppcheck.cpp
@@ -674,19 +674,16 @@ unsigned int CppCheck::checkFile(const std::string& filename, const std::string
             if (mSettings.relativePaths)
                 file = Path::getRelativePath(file, mSettings.basePaths);
 
-            const ErrorMessage::FileLocation loc1(file, output.location.line, output.location.col);
-            std::list<ErrorMessage::FileLocation> callstack(1, loc1);
-
-            ErrorMessage errmsg(callstack,
-                                "",
-                                Severity::error,
-                                output.msg,
-                                "syntaxError",
-                                Certainty::normal);
             if(output.type == simplecpp::Output::Type::FILE_NOT_FOUND){
                 const std::string fixedpath = Path::toNativeSeparators(file);
                 const std::string errorMsg("File " + fixedpath + " does not exists. Skipping file.");
-                fileNotFoundError(file, errorMsg);
+
+                reportErr(ErrorMessage(std::list<ErrorMessage::FileLocation> (),
+                        emptyString,
+                        Severity::error,
+                        errorMsg,
+                        "fileNotFound",
+                        Certainty::normal));
             }
             else{
                 reportErr(makeError(file, output.location.line, output.location.col, output.msg, "syntaxError"));
@@ -1059,11 +1056,6 @@ void CppCheck::internalError(const std::string &filename, const std::string &msg
     mErrorLogger.reportErr(makeError(filename, 0, 0U, "Bailing out from analysis:" + msg, "internalError"));
 }
 
-void CppCheck::fileNotFoundError(const std::string &filename, const std::string &msg)
-{
-    mErrorLogger.reportErr(makeError(filename, 0, 0U, msg, "fileNotFound"));
-}
-
 //---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 // CppCheck - A function that checks a raw token list
 //---------------------------------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/test/cli/more-projects_test.py b/test/cli/more-projects_test.py
index 00f9d73059e1..a2d1ccd88339 100644
--- a/test/cli/more-projects_test.py
+++ b/test/cli/more-projects_test.py
@@ -643,4 +643,4 @@ def test_project_missing_files():
     filename = os.path.join('invalid-project', 'main.c')
     ret, _, stderr = cppcheck(['--template=cppcheck1', '--project=' + os.path.join('invalid-project', 'invalid-project.vcxproj')])
     assert ret == 0
-    assert stderr == '[{}:0]: (error) File {} does not exists. Skipping file.\n'.format(filename, filename)
\ No newline at end of file
+    assert stderr == ': (error) File {} does not exists. Skipping file.\n'.format(filename)
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/test/testcppcheck.cpp b/test/testcppcheck.cpp
index 5ea671a2da65..cc267c93e48d 100644
--- a/test/testcppcheck.cpp
+++ b/test/testcppcheck.cpp
@@ -113,10 +113,11 @@ class TestCppcheck : public TestFixture {
     {
         ErrorLogger2 errorLogger;
         CppCheck cppcheck(errorLogger, false, {});
-        ASSERT_EQUALS(0, cppcheck.check("NotAFile"));
+        ASSERT_EQUALS(1, cppcheck.check("NotAFile"));
 
         ASSERT_EQUALS(1, errorLogger.ids.size());
         ASSERT_EQUALS("fileNotFound", *errorLogger.ids.cbegin());
+        ASSERT_EQUALS("File NotAFile does not exists. Skipping file.", errorLogger.errmsgs.cbegin()->shortMessage());
     }
 
     void checkWithFS() const