diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index f26a98a47cb2..989a01e297d3 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -49,7 +49,6 @@ maintenance = {status = "actively-developed"}
 
 [dependencies]
 bitflags              = "1.2"
-exitcode              = "1.1.2"
 unicode-width         = "0.1.4"
 textwrap              = "0.11"
 indexmap              = "1.0.1"
diff --git a/src/build/app/mod.rs b/src/build/app/mod.rs
index 6e82f8e7579c..eadbd7ad5732 100644
--- a/src/build/app/mod.rs
+++ b/src/build/app/mod.rs
@@ -1197,7 +1197,7 @@ impl<'b> App<'b> {
                         i.lock().read_line(&mut s).unwrap();
                     }
                     drop(e);
-                    process::exit(exitcode::USAGE);
+                    process::exit(2);
                 }
 
                 e.exit()
@@ -1272,7 +1272,7 @@ impl<'b> App<'b> {
                 }
                 drop(self);
                 drop(e);
-                process::exit(exitcode::USAGE);
+                process::exit(2);
             }
 
             drop(self);