diff --git a/std/bootstrap.zig b/std/bootstrap.zig
index 1fa8a0e184..10afb0addc 100644
--- a/std/bootstrap.zig
+++ b/std/bootstrap.zig
@@ -29,8 +29,6 @@ fn call_main() unreachable => {
         const ptr = argv[i];
         args[i] = ptr[0...strlen(ptr)];
     }
-    // TODO: replace the i32 cast with:
-    // main(args) %% exit(1)
-    // exit(0)
-    exit(i32(main(args)))
+    main(args) %% exit(1);
+    exit(0);
 }