diff --git a/bin/eslint.js b/bin/eslint.js
index 1a298047aed3..790f7dbeb4fa 100755
--- a/bin/eslint.js
+++ b/bin/eslint.js
@@ -49,7 +49,6 @@ process.once("uncaughtException", err => {
         console.error(`\nESLint: ${pkg.version}.\n${template(err.messageData || {})}`);
     } else {
 
-        console.error(err.message);
         console.error(err.stack);
     }
 
diff --git a/tests/bin/eslint.js b/tests/bin/eslint.js
index 39be27fb0327..5a2142073296 100644
--- a/tests/bin/eslint.js
+++ b/tests/bin/eslint.js
@@ -263,7 +263,7 @@ describe("bin/eslint.js", () => {
     });
 
     describe("handling crashes", () => {
-        it("prints the error message to stderr in the event of a crash", () => {
+        it("prints the error message exactly once to stderr in the event of a crash", () => {
             const child = runESLint(["--rule=no-restricted-syntax:[error, 'Invalid Selector [[[']", "Makefile.js"]);
             const exitCodeAssertion = assertExitCode(child, 1);
             const outputAssertion = getOutput(child).then(output => {
@@ -271,6 +271,9 @@ describe("bin/eslint.js", () => {
 
                 assert.strictEqual(output.stdout, "");
                 assert.include(output.stderr, expectedSubstring);
+
+                // The message should appear exactly once in stderr
+                assert.strictEqual(output.stderr.indexOf(expectedSubstring), output.stderr.lastIndexOf(expectedSubstring));
             });
 
             return Promise.all([exitCodeAssertion, outputAssertion]);