diff --git a/lldb/source/Plugins/Platform/Linux/PlatformLinux.cpp b/lldb/source/Plugins/Platform/Linux/PlatformLinux.cpp
--- a/lldb/source/Plugins/Platform/Linux/PlatformLinux.cpp
+++ b/lldb/source/Plugins/Platform/Linux/PlatformLinux.cpp
@@ -369,7 +369,7 @@
     } else
       LLDB_LOG(log, "not using process STDIO pty");
   } else {
-    LLDB_LOG(log, "process launch failed: {0}", error);
+    LLDB_LOG(log, "{0}", error);
     // FIXME figure out appropriate cleanup here.  Do we delete the target? Do
     // we delete the process?  Does our caller do that?
   }
diff --git a/lldb/source/Plugins/Platform/NetBSD/PlatformNetBSD.cpp b/lldb/source/Plugins/Platform/NetBSD/PlatformNetBSD.cpp
--- a/lldb/source/Plugins/Platform/NetBSD/PlatformNetBSD.cpp
+++ b/lldb/source/Plugins/Platform/NetBSD/PlatformNetBSD.cpp
@@ -338,7 +338,7 @@
     } else
       LLDB_LOG(log, "not using process STDIO pty");
   } else {
-    LLDB_LOG(log, "process launch failed: {0}", error);
+    LLDB_LOG(log, "{0}", error);
     // FIXME figure out appropriate cleanup here.  Do we delete the target? Do
     // we delete the process?  Does our caller do that?
   }
diff --git a/lldb/source/Target/Target.cpp b/lldb/source/Target/Target.cpp
--- a/lldb/source/Target/Target.cpp
+++ b/lldb/source/Target/Target.cpp
@@ -2957,11 +2957,6 @@
       }
     }
     m_process_sp->RestoreProcessEvents();
-  } else {
-    Status error2;
-    error2.SetErrorStringWithFormat("process launch failed: %s",
-                                    error.AsCString());
-    error = error2;
   }
   return error;
 }
diff --git a/lldb/test/API/functionalities/gdb_remote_client/TestGDBRemoteClient.py b/lldb/test/API/functionalities/gdb_remote_client/TestGDBRemoteClient.py
--- a/lldb/test/API/functionalities/gdb_remote_client/TestGDBRemoteClient.py
+++ b/lldb/test/API/functionalities/gdb_remote_client/TestGDBRemoteClient.py
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@
         error = lldb.SBError()
         target.Launch(lldb.SBListener(), None, None, None, None, None,
                 None, 0, True, error)
-        self.assertEquals("process launch failed: 'A' packet returned an error: 71", error.GetCString())
+        self.assertEquals("'A' packet returned an error: 71", error.GetCString())
 
     def test_read_registers_using_g_packets(self):
         """Test reading registers using 'g' packets (default behavior)"""
diff --git a/lldb/test/Shell/Process/Windows/launch_failure.yaml b/lldb/test/Shell/Process/Windows/launch_failure.yaml
--- a/lldb/test/Shell/Process/Windows/launch_failure.yaml
+++ b/lldb/test/Shell/Process/Windows/launch_failure.yaml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 # RUN: yaml2obj %s > %t.exe
 # RUN: %lldb %t.exe -o run 2>&1 | FileCheck %s
 
-# CHECK: error: process launch failed: unknown error
+# CHECK: error: unknown error
 
 --- !COFF
 OptionalHeader: