diff --git a/src/Linkifier.ts b/src/Linkifier.ts
index 5398d3c59..769f3a502 100644
--- a/src/Linkifier.ts
+++ b/src/Linkifier.ts
@@ -212,11 +212,7 @@ export class Linkifier implements ILinkifier {
       if (!uri) {
         // something matched but does not comply with the given matchIndex
         // since this is most likely a bug the regex itself we simply do nothing here
-        // DEBUG: print match and throw
-        if ((<any>this._terminal).debug) {
-          this._logService.error({ match, matcher });
-          throw new Error('match found without corresponding matchIndex');
-        }
+        this._logService.debug('match found without corresponding matchIndex', match, matcher);
         break;
       }