diff --git a/clang-tools-extra/clang-tidy/readability/BracesAroundStatementsCheck.cpp b/clang-tools-extra/clang-tidy/readability/BracesAroundStatementsCheck.cpp
index a9d11990c44a..9077a0275493 100644
--- a/clang-tools-extra/clang-tidy/readability/BracesAroundStatementsCheck.cpp
+++ b/clang-tools-extra/clang-tidy/readability/BracesAroundStatementsCheck.cpp
@@ -176,8 +176,6 @@ BracesAroundStatementsCheck::findRParenLoc(const IfOrWhileStmt *S,
   if (S->getLocStart().isMacroID())
     return SourceLocation();
 
-  static const char *const ErrorMessage =
-      "cannot find location of closing parenthesis ')'";
   SourceLocation CondEndLoc = S->getCond()->getLocEnd();
   if (const DeclStmt *CondVar = S->getConditionVariableDeclStmt())
     CondEndLoc = CondVar->getLocEnd();
@@ -185,21 +183,15 @@ BracesAroundStatementsCheck::findRParenLoc(const IfOrWhileStmt *S,
   assert(CondEndLoc.isValid());
   SourceLocation PastCondEndLoc =
       Lexer::getLocForEndOfToken(CondEndLoc, 0, SM, Context->getLangOpts());
-  if (PastCondEndLoc.isInvalid()) {
-    diag(CondEndLoc, ErrorMessage);
+  if (PastCondEndLoc.isInvalid())
     return SourceLocation();
-  }
   SourceLocation RParenLoc =
       forwardSkipWhitespaceAndComments(PastCondEndLoc, SM, Context);
-  if (RParenLoc.isInvalid()) {
-    diag(PastCondEndLoc, ErrorMessage);
+  if (RParenLoc.isInvalid())
     return SourceLocation();
-  }
   tok::TokenKind TokKind = getTokenKind(RParenLoc, SM, Context);
-  if (TokKind != tok::r_paren) {
-    diag(RParenLoc, ErrorMessage);
+  if (TokKind != tok::r_paren)
     return SourceLocation();
-  }
   return RParenLoc;
 }