diff --git a/lib/utils.sh b/lib/utils.sh
index 5a9f7eb45..7d3a628a6 100644
--- a/lib/utils.sh
+++ b/lib/utils.sh
@@ -242,16 +242,7 @@ _omb_util_command_exists _omb_log_note ||
 _omb_util_command_exists _omb_log_info ||
   function _omb_log_info      { printf "INFO: %s\n" "$1"; }
 _omb_util_command_exists _omb_log_die ||
-  function _omb_log_die {
-    local status=$1
-    case $status in
-    1) printf 'FATAL: %s\n' "$2"
-       exit "$status" ;;
-    *) printf 'FATAL: Syntax error%s\n%s\n' "${FUNCNAME:+ in $FUNCNAME}" "$2"
-       ((status)) && printf 'FATAL: %s\n' "$status"
-       return "$status" ;;
-    esac
-  }
+  function _omb_log_die       { printf 'FATAL: %s\n' "$2"; exit "$1"; }
 
 #
 # USAGE FOR SEEKING CONFIRMATION