diff --git a/src/lint/linter/ArcanistCSSLintLinter.php b/src/lint/linter/ArcanistCSSLintLinter.php
index 7733393c..a6cb2f45 100644
--- a/src/lint/linter/ArcanistCSSLintLinter.php
+++ b/src/lint/linter/ArcanistCSSLintLinter.php
@@ -58,10 +58,6 @@ final class ArcanistCSSLintLinter extends ArcanistExternalLinter {
       'npm install -g csslint');
   }
 
-  public function shouldExpectCommandErrors() {
-    return true;
-  }
-
   protected function parseLinterOutput($path, $err, $stdout, $stderr) {
     $report_dom = new DOMDocument();
     $ok = @$report_dom->loadXML($stdout);
diff --git a/src/lint/linter/ArcanistClosureLinter.php b/src/lint/linter/ArcanistClosureLinter.php
index d437f3b6..e6f77187 100644
--- a/src/lint/linter/ArcanistClosureLinter.php
+++ b/src/lint/linter/ArcanistClosureLinter.php
@@ -37,10 +37,6 @@ final class ArcanistClosureLinter extends ArcanistExternalLinter {
       'files/closure_linter-latest.tar.gz');
   }
 
-  public function shouldExpectCommandErrors() {
-    return true;
-  }
-
   public function supportsReadDataFromStdin() {
     return false;
   }
diff --git a/src/lint/linter/ArcanistCoffeeLintLinter.php b/src/lint/linter/ArcanistCoffeeLintLinter.php
index 75521623..9161fd14 100644
--- a/src/lint/linter/ArcanistCoffeeLintLinter.php
+++ b/src/lint/linter/ArcanistCoffeeLintLinter.php
@@ -47,10 +47,6 @@ final class ArcanistCoffeeLintLinter extends ArcanistExternalLinter {
       'npm install -g coffeelint');
   }
 
-  public function shouldExpectCommandErrors() {
-    return true;
-  }
-
   public function supportsReadDataFromStdin() {
     return true;
   }
diff --git a/src/lint/linter/ArcanistCppcheckLinter.php b/src/lint/linter/ArcanistCppcheckLinter.php
index f4661b64..830452a5 100644
--- a/src/lint/linter/ArcanistCppcheckLinter.php
+++ b/src/lint/linter/ArcanistCppcheckLinter.php
@@ -67,6 +67,10 @@ final class ArcanistCppcheckLinter extends ArcanistExternalLinter {
       array('-j2', '--enable=performance,style,portability,information'));
   }
 
+  public function shouldExpectCommandErrors() {
+    return false;
+  }
+
   protected function parseLinterOutput($path, $err, $stdout, $stderr) {
     $dom = new DOMDocument();
     $ok = @$dom->loadXML($stderr);
diff --git a/src/lint/linter/ArcanistCpplintLinter.php b/src/lint/linter/ArcanistCpplintLinter.php
index 3f660066..0e3f5b66 100644
--- a/src/lint/linter/ArcanistCpplintLinter.php
+++ b/src/lint/linter/ArcanistCpplintLinter.php
@@ -29,10 +29,6 @@ final class ArcanistCpplintLinter extends ArcanistExternalLinter {
       'googlecode.com/svn/trunk/cpplint/cpplint.py`.');
   }
 
-  public function shouldExpectCommandErrors() {
-    return true;
-  }
-
   public function supportsReadDataFromStdin() {
     return true;
   }
diff --git a/src/lint/linter/ArcanistExternalLinter.php b/src/lint/linter/ArcanistExternalLinter.php
index bcb7e1af..b6790d4f 100644
--- a/src/lint/linter/ArcanistExternalLinter.php
+++ b/src/lint/linter/ArcanistExternalLinter.php
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ abstract class ArcanistExternalLinter extends ArcanistFutureLinter {
    * @task bin
    */
   public function shouldExpectCommandErrors() {
-    return false;
+    return true;
   }
 
   /**
diff --git a/src/lint/linter/ArcanistFlake8Linter.php b/src/lint/linter/ArcanistFlake8Linter.php
index 658a6dd6..6c1c6d6f 100644
--- a/src/lint/linter/ArcanistFlake8Linter.php
+++ b/src/lint/linter/ArcanistFlake8Linter.php
@@ -58,10 +58,6 @@ final class ArcanistFlake8Linter extends ArcanistExternalLinter {
     return pht('Install flake8 using `easy_install flake8`.');
   }
 
-  public function shouldExpectCommandErrors() {
-    return true;
-  }
-
   protected function parseLinterOutput($path, $err, $stdout, $stderr) {
     $lines = phutil_split_lines($stdout, false);
 
diff --git a/src/lint/linter/ArcanistGoLintLinter.php b/src/lint/linter/ArcanistGoLintLinter.php
index 806bda6d..e886e05c 100644
--- a/src/lint/linter/ArcanistGoLintLinter.php
+++ b/src/lint/linter/ArcanistGoLintLinter.php
@@ -30,6 +30,10 @@ final class ArcanistGoLintLinter extends ArcanistExternalLinter {
     return pht('Install Golint using `go get github.com/golang/lint/golint`.');
   }
 
+  public function shouldExpectCommandErrors() {
+    return false;
+  }
+
   protected function canCustomizeLintSeverities() {
     return true;
   }
diff --git a/src/lint/linter/ArcanistHLintLinter.php b/src/lint/linter/ArcanistHLintLinter.php
index 312110d4..df22c25b 100644
--- a/src/lint/linter/ArcanistHLintLinter.php
+++ b/src/lint/linter/ArcanistHLintLinter.php
@@ -41,10 +41,6 @@ final class ArcanistHLintLinter extends ArcanistExternalLinter {
     return '-';
   }
 
-  public function shouldExpectCommandErrors() {
-    return true;
-  }
-
   protected function getMandatoryFlags() {
     return array('--json');
   }
diff --git a/src/lint/linter/ArcanistJSHintLinter.php b/src/lint/linter/ArcanistJSHintLinter.php
index ea18e771..47483d4c 100644
--- a/src/lint/linter/ArcanistJSHintLinter.php
+++ b/src/lint/linter/ArcanistJSHintLinter.php
@@ -73,10 +73,6 @@ final class ArcanistJSHintLinter extends ArcanistExternalLinter {
     return pht('Install JSHint using `npm install -g jshint`.');
   }
 
-  public function shouldExpectCommandErrors() {
-    return true;
-  }
-
   public function supportsReadDataFromStdin() {
     return true;
   }
diff --git a/src/lint/linter/ArcanistJSONLintLinter.php b/src/lint/linter/ArcanistJSONLintLinter.php
index 254f8b31..064782f8 100644
--- a/src/lint/linter/ArcanistJSONLintLinter.php
+++ b/src/lint/linter/ArcanistJSONLintLinter.php
@@ -47,10 +47,6 @@ final class ArcanistJSONLintLinter extends ArcanistExternalLinter {
     return pht('Install jsonlint using `npm install -g jsonlint`.');
   }
 
-  public function shouldExpectCommandErrors() {
-    return true;
-  }
-
   public function supportsReadDataFromStdin() {
     return true;
   }
diff --git a/src/lint/linter/ArcanistJscsLinter.php b/src/lint/linter/ArcanistJscsLinter.php
index 97ec382d..cc037214 100644
--- a/src/lint/linter/ArcanistJscsLinter.php
+++ b/src/lint/linter/ArcanistJscsLinter.php
@@ -45,10 +45,6 @@ final class ArcanistJscsLinter extends ArcanistExternalLinter {
     return pht('Install JSCS using `npm install -g jscs`.');
   }
 
-  public function shouldExpectCommandErrors() {
-    return true;
-  }
-
   protected function getMandatoryFlags() {
     $options = array();
 
diff --git a/src/lint/linter/ArcanistLesscLinter.php b/src/lint/linter/ArcanistLesscLinter.php
index 00a40436..f225bb35 100644
--- a/src/lint/linter/ArcanistLesscLinter.php
+++ b/src/lint/linter/ArcanistLesscLinter.php
@@ -101,10 +101,6 @@ final class ArcanistLesscLinter extends ArcanistExternalLinter {
     return pht('Install lessc using `npm install -g less`.');
   }
 
-  public function shouldExpectCommandErrors() {
-    return true;
-  }
-
   public function supportsReadDataFromStdin() {
     // Technically `lessc` can read data from standard input however, when doing
     // so, relative imports cannot be resolved. Therefore, this functionality is
diff --git a/src/lint/linter/ArcanistPEP8Linter.php b/src/lint/linter/ArcanistPEP8Linter.php
index 51608277..82ab607f 100644
--- a/src/lint/linter/ArcanistPEP8Linter.php
+++ b/src/lint/linter/ArcanistPEP8Linter.php
@@ -70,10 +70,6 @@ final class ArcanistPEP8Linter extends ArcanistExternalLinter {
     return pht('Install PEP8 using `easy_install pep8`.');
   }
 
-  public function shouldExpectCommandErrors() {
-    return true;
-  }
-
   protected function parseLinterOutput($path, $err, $stdout, $stderr) {
     $lines = phutil_split_lines($stdout, false);
 
diff --git a/src/lint/linter/ArcanistPhpLinter.php b/src/lint/linter/ArcanistPhpLinter.php
index 438cfe6e..328e87ce 100644
--- a/src/lint/linter/ArcanistPhpLinter.php
+++ b/src/lint/linter/ArcanistPhpLinter.php
@@ -55,10 +55,6 @@ final class ArcanistPhpLinter extends ArcanistExternalLinter {
     return $stdout;
   }
 
-  public function shouldExpectCommandErrors() {
-    return true;
-  }
-
   public function supportsReadDataFromStdin() {
     return false;
   }
diff --git a/src/lint/linter/ArcanistPhpcsLinter.php b/src/lint/linter/ArcanistPhpcsLinter.php
index e9aefe45..220719ed 100644
--- a/src/lint/linter/ArcanistPhpcsLinter.php
+++ b/src/lint/linter/ArcanistPhpcsLinter.php
@@ -68,10 +68,6 @@ final class ArcanistPhpcsLinter extends ArcanistExternalLinter {
     }
   }
 
-  public function shouldExpectCommandErrors() {
-    return true;
-  }
-
   public function supportsReadDataFromStdin() {
     return true;
   }
diff --git a/src/lint/linter/ArcanistPuppetLintLinter.php b/src/lint/linter/ArcanistPuppetLintLinter.php
index 2cc39a40..ea5b66cf 100644
--- a/src/lint/linter/ArcanistPuppetLintLinter.php
+++ b/src/lint/linter/ArcanistPuppetLintLinter.php
@@ -52,10 +52,6 @@ final class ArcanistPuppetLintLinter extends ArcanistExternalLinter {
       'gem install puppet-lint');
   }
 
-  public function shouldExpectCommandErrors() {
-    return true;
-  }
-
   protected function getMandatoryFlags() {
     return array(
       '--error-level=all',
diff --git a/src/lint/linter/ArcanistPyFlakesLinter.php b/src/lint/linter/ArcanistPyFlakesLinter.php
index fe047c50..4180fc90 100644
--- a/src/lint/linter/ArcanistPyFlakesLinter.php
+++ b/src/lint/linter/ArcanistPyFlakesLinter.php
@@ -53,10 +53,6 @@ final class ArcanistPyFlakesLinter extends ArcanistExternalLinter {
     return pht('Install pyflakes with `pip install pyflakes`.');
   }
 
-  public function shouldExpectCommandErrors() {
-    return true;
-  }
-
   public function supportsReadDataFromStdin() {
     return true;
   }
diff --git a/src/lint/linter/ArcanistRubyLinter.php b/src/lint/linter/ArcanistRubyLinter.php
index 27847220..bdf3ab82 100644
--- a/src/lint/linter/ArcanistRubyLinter.php
+++ b/src/lint/linter/ArcanistRubyLinter.php
@@ -54,10 +54,6 @@ final class ArcanistRubyLinter extends ArcanistExternalLinter {
     return true;
   }
 
-  public function shouldExpectCommandErrors() {
-    return true;
-  }
-
   protected function getMandatoryFlags() {
     // -w: turn on warnings
     // -c: check syntax