diff --git a/compiler/nimblecmd.nim b/compiler/nimblecmd.nim
index c84a0f3c28a34..d2093dbd285bd 100644
--- a/compiler/nimblecmd.nim
+++ b/compiler/nimblecmd.nim
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ iterator chosen(packages: StringTableRef): string =
 
 proc addNimblePath(conf: ConfigRef; p: string, info: TLineInfo) =
   var path = p
-  let nimbleLinks = toSeq(walkPattern(p / "*.nimble-link"))
+  let nimbleLinks = toSeq(walkPattern(p / "*.nimble-link", checkError = false))
   if nimbleLinks.len > 0:
     # If the user has more than one .nimble-link file then... we just ignore it.
     # Spec for these files is available in Nimble's readme:
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ proc addPathRec(conf: ConfigRef; dir: string, info: TLineInfo) =
   var packages = newStringTable(modeStyleInsensitive)
   var pos = dir.len-1
   if dir[pos] in {DirSep, AltSep}: inc(pos)
-  for k,p in os.walkDir(dir):
+  for k,p in os.walkDir(dir, checkError = false):
     if k == pcDir and p[pos] != '.':
       addPackage(conf, packages, p, info)
   for p in packages.chosen:
diff --git a/compiler/packagehandling.nim b/compiler/packagehandling.nim
index e807ae3774b11..5eccc94b35f4c 100644
--- a/compiler/packagehandling.nim
+++ b/compiler/packagehandling.nim
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ proc getPackageName*(conf: ConfigRef; path: string): string =
         #echo "from cache ", d, " |", packageCache[d], "|", path.splitFile.name
         return conf.packageCache[d]
       inc parents
-      for file in walkFiles(d / "*.nimble"):
+      for file in walkFiles(d / "*.nimble", checkError = false):
         result = file.splitFile.name
         break packageSearch
   # we also store if we didn't find anything: