diff --git a/gdb/breakpoint.c b/gdb/breakpoint.c
index 02e028c..a7915fb 100644
--- a/gdb/breakpoint.c
+++ b/gdb/breakpoint.c
@@ -44,7 +44,6 @@
 #include "source.h"
 #include "linespec.h"
 #include "completer.h"
-#include "gdb.h"
 #include "ui-out.h"
 #include "cli/cli-script.h"
 #include "block.h"
@@ -6596,39 +6595,11 @@ breakpoint_address_bits (struct breakpoint *b)
   return print_address_bits;
 }
 
-static int
-do_captured_breakpoint_query (int bnum)
+void
+print_breakpoint (breakpoint *b)
 {
-  struct breakpoint *b;
   struct bp_location *dummy_loc = NULL;
-
-  ALL_BREAKPOINTS (b)
-    {
-      if (bnum == b->number)
-	{
-	  print_one_breakpoint (b, &dummy_loc, 0);
-	  return GDB_RC_OK;
-	}
-    }
-  return GDB_RC_NONE;
-}
-
-enum gdb_rc
-gdb_breakpoint_query (struct ui_out *uiout, int bnum, 
-		      char **error_message)
-{
-  /* For the moment we don't trust print_one_breakpoint() to not throw
-     an error.  */
-  if (catch_exceptions_with_msg
-      (uiout,
-       [&] (struct ui_out *)
-         {
-	   return do_captured_breakpoint_query (bnum);
-	 },
-       error_message, RETURN_MASK_ALL) < 0)
-    return GDB_RC_FAIL;
-  else
-    return GDB_RC_OK;
+  print_one_breakpoint (b, &dummy_loc, 0);
 }
 
 /* Return true if this breakpoint was set by the user, false if it is
diff --git a/gdb/breakpoint.h b/gdb/breakpoint.h
index ff49cd2..143eae3 100644
--- a/gdb/breakpoint.h
+++ b/gdb/breakpoint.h
@@ -1644,4 +1644,7 @@ extern const char *ep_parse_optional_if_clause (const char **arg);
    UIOUT iff debugging multiple threads.  */
 extern void maybe_print_thread_hit_breakpoint (struct ui_out *uiout);
 
+/* Print the specified breakpoint.  */
+extern void print_breakpoint (breakpoint *bp);
+
 #endif /* !defined (BREAKPOINT_H) */
diff --git a/gdb/exceptions.c b/gdb/exceptions.c
index 97a56e6..0fc2de5 100644
--- a/gdb/exceptions.c
+++ b/gdb/exceptions.c
@@ -134,87 +134,6 @@ exception_fprintf (struct ui_file *file, struct gdb_exception e,
     }
 }
 
-/* Call FUNC(UIOUT, FUNC_ARGS) but wrapped within an exception
-   handler.  If an exception (enum return_reason) is thrown using
-   throw_exception() than all cleanups installed since
-   catch_exceptions() was entered are invoked, the (-ve) exception
-   value is then returned by catch_exceptions.  If FUNC() returns
-   normally (with a positive or zero return value) then that value is
-   returned by catch_exceptions().  It is an internal_error() for
-   FUNC() to return a negative value.
-
-   See exceptions.h for further usage details.  */
-
-/* MAYBE: cagney/1999-11-05: catch_errors() in conjunction with
-   error() et al. could maintain a set of flags that indicate the
-   current state of each of the longjmp buffers.  This would give the
-   longjmp code the chance to detect a longjmp botch (before it gets
-   to longjmperror()).  Prior to 1999-11-05 this wasn't possible as
-   code also randomly used a SET_TOP_LEVEL macro that directly
-   initialized the longjmp buffers.  */
-
-int
-catch_exceptions (struct ui_out *uiout,
-		  gdb::function_view<catch_exceptions_ftype> func,
-		  return_mask mask)
-{
-  return catch_exceptions_with_msg (uiout, func, NULL, mask);
-}
-
-int
-catch_exceptions_with_msg (struct ui_out *func_uiout,
-			   gdb::function_view<catch_exceptions_ftype> func,
-			   char **gdberrmsg,
-		  	   return_mask mask)
-{
-  struct gdb_exception exception = exception_none;
-  volatile int val = 0;
-  struct ui_out *saved_uiout;
-
-  /* Save and override the global ``struct ui_out'' builder.  */
-  saved_uiout = current_uiout;
-  current_uiout = func_uiout;
-
-  TRY
-    {
-      val = func (current_uiout);
-    }
-  CATCH (ex, RETURN_MASK_ALL)
-    {
-      exception = ex;
-    }
-  END_CATCH
-
-  /* Restore the global builder.  */
-  current_uiout = saved_uiout;
-
-  if (exception.reason < 0 && (mask & RETURN_MASK (exception.reason)) == 0)
-    {
-      /* The caller didn't request that the event be caught.
-	 Rethrow.  */
-      throw_exception (exception);
-    }
-
-  exception_print (gdb_stderr, exception);
-  gdb_assert (val >= 0);
-  gdb_assert (exception.reason <= 0);
-  if (exception.reason < 0)
-    {
-      /* If caller wants a copy of the low-level error message, make
-	 one.  This is used in the case of a silent error whereby the
-	 caller may optionally want to issue the message.  */
-      if (gdberrmsg != NULL)
-	{
-	  if (exception.message != NULL)
-	    *gdberrmsg = xstrdup (exception.message);
-	  else
-	    *gdberrmsg = NULL;
-	}
-      return exception.reason;
-    }
-  return val;
-}
-
 /* See exceptions.h.  */
 
 int
diff --git a/gdb/gdb.h b/gdb/gdb.h
deleted file mode 100644
index ac1e683..0000000
--- a/gdb/gdb.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,58 +0,0 @@
-/* Library interface into GDB.
-   Copyright (C) 1999-2017 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
-
-   This file is part of GDB.
-
-   This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
-   it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
-   the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or
-   (at your option) any later version.
-
-   This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
-   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
-   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
-   GNU General Public License for more details.
-
-   You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
-   along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.  */
-
-#ifndef GDB_H
-#define GDB_H
-
-struct ui_out;
-
-/* Return-code (RC) from a gdb library call.  (The abreviation RC is
-   taken from the sim/common directory.) */
-
-enum gdb_rc {
-  /* The operation failed.  The failure message can be fetched by
-     calling ``char *error_last_message(void)''.  The value is
-     determined by the catch_errors() interface.  The MSG parameter is
-     set to a freshly allocated copy of the error message.  */
-  /* NOTE: Since ``defs.h:catch_errors()'' does not return an error /
-     internal / quit indication it is not possible to return that
-     here.  */
-  GDB_RC_FAIL = 0,
-  /* No error occured but nothing happened.  Due to the catch_errors()
-     interface, this must be non-zero.  */
-  GDB_RC_NONE = 1,
-  /* The operation was successful.  Due to the catch_errors()
-     interface, this must be non-zero.  */
-  GDB_RC_OK = 2
-};
-
-
-/* Print the specified breakpoint on GDB_STDOUT.  (Eventually this
-   function will ``print'' the object on ``output'').  */
-enum gdb_rc gdb_breakpoint_query (struct ui_out *uiout, int bnum,
-				  char **error_message);
-
-/* Switch thread and print notification.  */
-enum gdb_rc gdb_thread_select (struct ui_out *uiout, char *tidstr,
-			       char **error_message);
-
-/* Print a list of known thread ids.  */
-enum gdb_rc gdb_list_thread_ids (struct ui_out *uiout,
-				 char **error_message);
-
-#endif
diff --git a/gdb/gdbthread.h b/gdb/gdbthread.h
index d5101ab..9720993 100644
--- a/gdb/gdbthread.h
+++ b/gdb/gdbthread.h
@@ -679,6 +679,8 @@ extern int show_thread_that_caused_stop (void);
 extern void print_selected_thread_frame (struct ui_out *uiout,
 					 user_selected_what selection);
 
+extern void thread_select (const char *tidstr, thread_info *thr);
+
 extern struct thread_info *thread_list;
 
 #endif /* GDBTHREAD_H */
diff --git a/gdb/mi/mi-cmd-break.c b/gdb/mi/mi-cmd-break.c
index 188e4e2..c313c03 100644
--- a/gdb/mi/mi-cmd-break.c
+++ b/gdb/mi/mi-cmd-break.c
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@
 #include "mi-out.h"
 #include "breakpoint.h"
 #include "mi-getopt.h"
-#include "gdb.h"
 #include "observer.h"
 #include "mi-main.h"
 #include "mi-cmd-break.h"
@@ -53,7 +52,17 @@ static void
 breakpoint_notify (struct breakpoint *b)
 {
   if (mi_can_breakpoint_notify)
-    gdb_breakpoint_query (current_uiout, b->number, NULL);
+    {
+      TRY
+	{
+	  print_breakpoint (b);
+	}
+      CATCH (ex, RETURN_MASK_ALL)
+	{
+	  exception_print (gdb_stdout, ex);
+	}
+      END_CATCH
+    }
 }
 
 enum bp_type
diff --git a/gdb/mi/mi-cmd-catch.c b/gdb/mi/mi-cmd-catch.c
index 0e1fb7e..9c103d2 100644
--- a/gdb/mi/mi-cmd-catch.c
+++ b/gdb/mi/mi-cmd-catch.c
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@
 #include "defs.h"
 #include "arch-utils.h"
 #include "breakpoint.h"
-#include "gdb.h"
 #include "ada-lang.h"
 #include "mi-cmds.h"
 #include "mi-getopt.h"
diff --git a/gdb/mi/mi-interp.c b/gdb/mi/mi-interp.c
index 714bb4b..20b5a71 100644
--- a/gdb/mi/mi-interp.c
+++ b/gdb/mi/mi-interp.c
@@ -33,7 +33,6 @@
 #include "observer.h"
 #include "gdbthread.h"
 #include "solist.h"
-#include "gdb.h"
 #include "objfiles.h"
 #include "tracepoint.h"
 #include "cli-out.h"
@@ -828,6 +827,36 @@ mi_tsv_modified (const struct trace_state_variable *tsv)
     }
 }
 
+static void
+mi_print_breakpoint (struct mi_interp *mi, breakpoint *bp)
+{
+  ui_out *mi_uiout = interp_ui_out (mi);
+
+  /* We want the output from print_breakpoint to go to
+     mi->event_channel.  One approach would be to just call
+     print_breakpoint, and then use mi_out_put to send the current
+     content of mi_uiout into mi->event_channel.  However, that will
+     break if anything is output to mi_uiout prior to calling the
+     breakpoint_created notifications.  So, we use
+     ui_out_redirect.  */
+  mi_uiout->redirect (mi->event_channel);
+
+  TRY
+    {
+      scoped_restore restore_uiout
+	= make_scoped_restore (&current_uiout, mi_uiout);
+
+      print_breakpoint (bp);
+    }
+  CATCH (ex, RETURN_MASK_ALL)
+    {
+      exception_print (gdb_stderr, ex);
+    }
+  END_CATCH
+
+  mi_uiout->redirect (NULL);
+}
+
 /* Emit notification about a created breakpoint.  */
 
 static void
@@ -842,36 +871,16 @@ mi_breakpoint_created (struct breakpoint *b)
   SWITCH_THRU_ALL_UIS ()
     {
       struct mi_interp *mi = as_mi_interp (top_level_interpreter ());
-      struct ui_out *mi_uiout;
 
       if (mi == NULL)
 	continue;
 
-      mi_uiout = interp_ui_out (top_level_interpreter ());
-
       target_terminal::scoped_restore_terminal_state term_state;
       target_terminal::ours_for_output ();
 
       fprintf_unfiltered (mi->event_channel,
 			  "breakpoint-created");
-      /* We want the output from gdb_breakpoint_query to go to
-	 mi->event_channel.  One approach would be to just call
-	 gdb_breakpoint_query, and then use mi_out_put to send the current
-	 content of mi_uiout into mi->event_channel.  However, that will
-	 break if anything is output to mi_uiout prior to calling the
-	 breakpoint_created notifications.  So, we use
-	 ui_out_redirect.  */
-      mi_uiout->redirect (mi->event_channel);
-      TRY
-	{
-	  gdb_breakpoint_query (mi_uiout, b->number, NULL);
-	}
-      CATCH (e, RETURN_MASK_ERROR)
-	{
-	}
-      END_CATCH
-
-      mi_uiout->redirect (NULL);
+      mi_print_breakpoint (mi, b);
 
       gdb_flush (mi->event_channel);
     }
@@ -927,24 +936,7 @@ mi_breakpoint_modified (struct breakpoint *b)
       target_terminal::ours_for_output ();
       fprintf_unfiltered (mi->event_channel,
 			  "breakpoint-modified");
-      /* We want the output from gdb_breakpoint_query to go to
-	 mi->event_channel.  One approach would be to just call
-	 gdb_breakpoint_query, and then use mi_out_put to send the current
-	 content of mi_uiout into mi->event_channel.  However, that will
-	 break if anything is output to mi_uiout prior to calling the
-	 breakpoint_created notifications.  So, we use
-	 ui_out_redirect.  */
-      mi->mi_uiout->redirect (mi->event_channel);
-      TRY
-	{
-	  gdb_breakpoint_query (mi->mi_uiout, b->number, NULL);
-	}
-      CATCH (e, RETURN_MASK_ERROR)
-	{
-	}
-      END_CATCH
-
-      mi->mi_uiout->redirect (NULL);
+      mi_print_breakpoint (mi, b);
 
       gdb_flush (mi->event_channel);
     }
diff --git a/gdb/mi/mi-main.c b/gdb/mi/mi-main.c
index 5e71949..1cf3b7f 100644
--- a/gdb/mi/mi-main.c
+++ b/gdb/mi/mi-main.c
@@ -38,7 +38,6 @@
 #include "gdbcore.h"		/* For write_memory().  */
 #include "value.h"
 #include "regcache.h"
-#include "gdb.h"
 #include "frame.h"
 #include "mi-main.h"
 #include "mi-common.h"
@@ -553,21 +552,17 @@ mi_cmd_target_flash_erase (const char *command, char **argv, int argc)
 void
 mi_cmd_thread_select (const char *command, char **argv, int argc)
 {
-  enum gdb_rc rc;
-  char *mi_error_message;
-  ptid_t previous_ptid = inferior_ptid;
-
   if (argc != 1)
     error (_("-thread-select: USAGE: threadnum."));
 
-  rc = gdb_thread_select (current_uiout, argv[0], &mi_error_message);
+  int num = value_as_long (parse_and_eval (argv[0]));
+  thread_info *thr = find_thread_global_id (num);
+  if (thr == NULL)
+    error (_("Thread ID %d not known."), num);
 
-  /* If thread switch did not succeed don't notify or print.  */
-  if (rc == GDB_RC_FAIL)
-    {
-      make_cleanup (xfree, mi_error_message);
-      error ("%s", mi_error_message);
-    }
+  ptid_t previous_ptid = inferior_ptid;
+
+  thread_select (argv[0], thr);
 
   print_selected_thread_frame (current_uiout,
 			       USER_SELECTED_THREAD | USER_SELECTED_FRAME);
@@ -583,19 +578,31 @@ mi_cmd_thread_select (const char *command, char **argv, int argc)
 void
 mi_cmd_thread_list_ids (const char *command, char **argv, int argc)
 {
-  enum gdb_rc rc;
-  char *mi_error_message;
-
   if (argc != 0)
     error (_("-thread-list-ids: No arguments required."));
 
-  rc = gdb_list_thread_ids (current_uiout, &mi_error_message);
+  int num = 0;
+  int current_thread = -1;
 
-  if (rc == GDB_RC_FAIL)
-    {
-      make_cleanup (xfree, mi_error_message);
-      error ("%s", mi_error_message);
-    }
+  update_thread_list ();
+
+  {
+    ui_out_emit_tuple tuple_emitter (current_uiout, "thread-ids");
+
+    struct thread_info *tp;
+    ALL_NON_EXITED_THREADS (tp)
+      {
+	if (tp->ptid == inferior_ptid)
+	  current_thread = tp->global_num;
+
+	num++;
+	current_uiout->field_int ("thread-id", tp->global_num);
+      }
+  }
+
+  if (current_thread != -1)
+    current_uiout->field_int ("current-thread-id", current_thread);
+  current_uiout->field_int ("number-of-threads", num);
 }
 
 void
diff --git a/gdb/remote-fileio.c b/gdb/remote-fileio.c
index f3e33ec..9d1a923 100644
--- a/gdb/remote-fileio.c
+++ b/gdb/remote-fileio.c
@@ -1118,10 +1118,9 @@ static struct {
   { NULL, NULL }
 };
 
-static int
-do_remote_fileio_request (struct ui_out *uiout, void *buf_arg)
+static void
+do_remote_fileio_request (char *buf)
 {
-  char *buf = (char *) buf_arg;
   char *c;
   int idx;
 
@@ -1135,10 +1134,10 @@ do_remote_fileio_request (struct ui_out *uiout, void *buf_arg)
   for (idx = 0; remote_fio_func_map[idx].name; ++idx)
     if (!strcmp (remote_fio_func_map[idx].name, buf))
       break;
-  if (!remote_fio_func_map[idx].name)	/* ERROR: No such function.  */
-    return RETURN_ERROR;
-  remote_fio_func_map[idx].func (c);
-  return 0;
+  if (!remote_fio_func_map[idx].name)
+    remote_fileio_reply (-1, FILEIO_ENOSYS);
+  else
+    remote_fio_func_map[idx].func (c);
 }
 
 /* Close any open descriptors, and reinitialize the file mapping.  */
@@ -1188,22 +1187,16 @@ remote_fileio_request (char *buf, int ctrlc_pending_p)
     }
   else
     {
-      ex = catch_exceptions (current_uiout,
-			     [&] (ui_out *uiout)
-			       {
-				 return do_remote_fileio_request (uiout, buf);
-			       },
-			     RETURN_MASK_ALL);
-      switch (ex)
+      TRY
 	{
-	case RETURN_ERROR:
-	  remote_fileio_reply (-1, FILEIO_ENOSYS);
-	  break;
-	case RETURN_QUIT:
-	  remote_fileio_reply (-1, FILEIO_EINTR);
-	  break;
-	default:
-	  break;
+	  do_remote_fileio_request (buf);
+	}
+      CATCH (ex, RETURN_MASK_ALL)
+	{
+	  if (ex.reason == RETURN_QUIT)
+	    remote_fileio_reply (-1, FILEIO_EINTR);
+	  else
+	    remote_fileio_reply (-1, FILEIO_EIO);
 	}
     }
 
diff --git a/gdb/symfile-mem.c b/gdb/symfile-mem.c
index 5cefbc9..c7ef013 100644
--- a/gdb/symfile-mem.c
+++ b/gdb/symfile-mem.c
@@ -167,31 +167,6 @@ add_symbol_file_from_memory_command (const char *args, int from_tty)
   symbol_file_add_from_memory (templ, addr, 0, NULL, from_tty);
 }
 
-/* Arguments for symbol_file_add_from_memory_wrapper.  */
-
-struct symbol_file_add_from_memory_args
-{
-  struct bfd *bfd;
-  CORE_ADDR sysinfo_ehdr;
-  size_t size;
-  char *name;
-  int from_tty;
-};
-
-/* Wrapper function for symbol_file_add_from_memory, for
-   catch_exceptions.  */
-
-static int
-symbol_file_add_from_memory_wrapper (struct ui_out *uiout, void *data)
-{
-  struct symbol_file_add_from_memory_args *args
-    = (struct symbol_file_add_from_memory_args *) data;
-
-  symbol_file_add_from_memory (args->bfd, args->sysinfo_ehdr, args->size,
-			       args->name, args->from_tty);
-  return 0;
-}
-
 /* Try to add the symbols for the vsyscall page, if there is one.
    This function is called via the inferior_created observer.  */
 
@@ -203,7 +178,6 @@ add_vsyscall_page (struct target_ops *target, int from_tty)
   if (gdbarch_vsyscall_range (target_gdbarch (), &vsyscall_range))
     {
       struct bfd *bfd;
-      struct symbol_file_add_from_memory_args args;
 
       if (core_bfd != NULL)
 	bfd = core_bfd;
@@ -221,23 +195,24 @@ add_vsyscall_page (struct target_ops *target, int from_tty)
 		     "because no executable was specified"));
 	  return;
 	}
-      args.bfd = bfd;
-      args.sysinfo_ehdr = vsyscall_range.start;
-      args.size = vsyscall_range.length;
-
-      args.name = xstrprintf ("system-supplied DSO at %s",
-			      paddress (target_gdbarch (), vsyscall_range.start));
-      /* Pass zero for FROM_TTY, because the action of loading the
-	 vsyscall DSO was not triggered by the user, even if the user
-	 typed "run" at the TTY.  */
-      args.from_tty = 0;
-      catch_exceptions (current_uiout,
-			[&] (ui_out *uiout)
-			  {
-			    return symbol_file_add_from_memory_wrapper (uiout,
-									&args);
-			  },
-			RETURN_MASK_ALL);
+
+      char *name = xstrprintf ("system-supplied DSO at %s",
+			       paddress (target_gdbarch (), vsyscall_range.start));
+      TRY
+	{
+	  /* Pass zero for FROM_TTY, because the action of loading the
+	     vsyscall DSO was not triggered by the user, even if the
+	     user typed "run" at the TTY.  */
+	  symbol_file_add_from_memory (bfd,
+				       vsyscall_range.start,
+				       vsyscall_range.length,
+				       name,
+				       0 /* from_tty */);
+	}
+      CATCH (ex, RETURN_MASK_ALL)
+	{
+	  exception_print (gdb_stderr, ex);
+	}
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/gdb/thread.c b/gdb/thread.c
index 7deebf2..33c98e4 100644
--- a/gdb/thread.c
+++ b/gdb/thread.c
@@ -30,7 +30,6 @@
 #include "command.h"
 #include "gdbcmd.h"
 #include "regcache.h"
-#include "gdb.h"
 #include "btrace.h"
 
 #include <ctype.h>
@@ -720,50 +719,6 @@ any_live_thread_of_process (int pid)
   return tp_executing;
 }
 
-/* Print a list of thread ids currently known, and the total number of
-   threads.  To be used from within catch_errors.  */
-static int
-do_captured_list_thread_ids (struct ui_out *uiout)
-{
-  struct thread_info *tp;
-  int num = 0;
-  int current_thread = -1;
-
-  update_thread_list ();
-
-  {
-    ui_out_emit_tuple tuple_emitter (uiout, "thread-ids");
-
-    for (tp = thread_list; tp; tp = tp->next)
-      {
-	if (tp->state == THREAD_EXITED)
-	  continue;
-
-	if (tp->ptid == inferior_ptid)
-	  current_thread = tp->global_num;
-
-	num++;
-	uiout->field_int ("thread-id", tp->global_num);
-      }
-  }
-
-  if (current_thread != -1)
-    uiout->field_int ("current-thread-id", current_thread);
-  uiout->field_int ("number-of-threads", num);
-  return GDB_RC_OK;
-}
-
-/* Official gdblib interface function to get a list of thread ids and
-   the total number.  */
-enum gdb_rc
-gdb_list_thread_ids (struct ui_out *uiout, char **error_message)
-{
-  if (catch_exceptions_with_msg (uiout, do_captured_list_thread_ids,
-				 error_message, RETURN_MASK_ALL) < 0)
-    return GDB_RC_FAIL;
-  return GDB_RC_OK;
-}
-
 /* Return true if TP is an active thread.  */
 static int
 thread_alive (struct thread_info *tp)
@@ -1885,13 +1840,8 @@ thread_command (char *tidstr, int from_tty)
   else
     {
       ptid_t previous_ptid = inferior_ptid;
-      enum gdb_rc result;
-
-      result = gdb_thread_select (current_uiout, tidstr, NULL);
 
-      /* If thread switch did not succeed don't notify or print.  */
-      if (result == GDB_RC_FAIL)
-	return;
+      thread_select (tidstr, parse_thread_id (tidstr, NULL));
 
       /* Print if the thread has not changed, otherwise an event will
 	 be sent.  */
@@ -1991,25 +1941,9 @@ show_print_thread_events (struct ui_file *file, int from_tty,
 		    value);
 }
 
-static int
-do_captured_thread_select (struct ui_out *uiout, const char *tidstr)
+void
+thread_select (const char *tidstr, thread_info *tp)
 {
-  struct thread_info *tp;
-
-  if (uiout->is_mi_like_p ())
-    {
-      int num = value_as_long (parse_and_eval (tidstr));
-
-      tp = find_thread_global_id (num);
-      if (tp == NULL)
-	error (_("Thread ID %d not known."), num);
-    }
-  else
-    {
-      tp = parse_thread_id (tidstr, NULL);
-      gdb_assert (tp != NULL);
-    }
-
   if (!thread_alive (tp))
     error (_("Thread ID %s has terminated."), tidstr);
 
@@ -2020,8 +1954,6 @@ do_captured_thread_select (struct ui_out *uiout, const char *tidstr)
   /* Since the current thread may have changed, see if there is any
      exited thread we can now delete.  */
   prune_threads ();
-
-  return GDB_RC_OK;
 }
 
 /* Print thread and frame switch command response.  */
@@ -2066,20 +1998,6 @@ print_selected_thread_frame (struct ui_out *uiout,
     }
 }
 
-enum gdb_rc
-gdb_thread_select (struct ui_out *uiout, char *tidstr, char **error_message)
-{
-  if (catch_exceptions_with_msg
-      (uiout,
-       [&] (struct ui_out *inner_uiout)
-         {
-	   return do_captured_thread_select (inner_uiout, tidstr);
-	 },
-       error_message, RETURN_MASK_ALL) < 0)
-    return GDB_RC_FAIL;
-  return GDB_RC_OK;
-}
-
 /* Update the 'threads_executing' global based on the threads we know
    about right now.  */
 
