diff -up texlive-base-20180414/source/texk/web2c/synctexdir/synctex_parser.c.shh texlive-base-20180414/source/texk/web2c/synctexdir/synctex_parser.c
--- texlive-base-20180414/source/texk/web2c/synctexdir/synctex_parser.c.shh	2019-03-19 11:02:44.303218932 -0400
+++ texlive-base-20180414/source/texk/web2c/synctexdir/synctex_parser.c	2019-03-19 11:02:59.545857443 -0400
@@ -6023,7 +6023,6 @@ synctex_scanner_p synctex_scanner_new_wi
     if ((scanner->reader = synctex_reader_init_with_output_file(scanner->reader, output, build_directory))) {
         return parse? synctex_scanner_parse(scanner):scanner;
     }
-    _synctex_error("No file?");
     return NULL;
 }