diff --git a/internal/build/build.go b/internal/build/build.go
index 1d3ff2e8..73c7c9dd 100644
--- a/internal/build/build.go
+++ b/internal/build/build.go
@@ -782,10 +782,7 @@ func linkMainPkg(ctx *context, pkg *packages.Package, pkgs []*aPackage, outputPa
 		}
 	})
 	// Generate main module file (needed for global variables even in library modes)
-	entryPkg, err := genMainModule(ctx, llssa.PkgRuntime, pkg, needRuntime, needPyInit)
-	if err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
+	entryPkg := genMainModule(ctx, llssa.PkgRuntime, pkg, needRuntime, needPyInit)
 	entryObjFile, err := exportObject(ctx, entryPkg.PkgPath, entryPkg.ExportFile, []byte(entryPkg.LPkg.String()))
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
diff --git a/internal/build/main_module.go b/internal/build/main_module.go
index 404179a6..760177ce 100644
--- a/internal/build/main_module.go
+++ b/internal/build/main_module.go
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ import (
 	llssa "github.com/goplus/llgo/ssa"
 )
 
-func genMainModule(ctx *context, rtPkgPath string, pkg *packages.Package, needRuntime, needPyInit bool) (Package, error) {
+func genMainModule(ctx *context, rtPkgPath string, pkg *packages.Package, needRuntime, needPyInit bool) Package {
 	prog := ctx.prog
 	mainPkg := prog.NewPackage("", pkg.PkgPath+".main")
 
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ func genMainModule(ctx *context, rtPkgPath string, pkg *packages.Package, needRu
 	}
 
 	if ctx.buildConf.BuildMode != BuildModeExe {
-		return mainAPkg, nil
+		return mainAPkg
 	}
 
 	runtimeStub := defineWeakNoArgStub(mainPkg, "runtime.init")
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ func genMainModule(ctx *context, rtPkgPath string, pkg *packages.Package, needRu
 		defineStart(mainPkg, entryFn, argvValueType)
 	}
 
-	return mainAPkg, nil
+	return mainAPkg
 }
 
 func defineEntryFunction(ctx *context, pkg llssa.Package, argcVar, argvVar llssa.Global, argvType llssa.Type, runtimeStub, mainInit, mainMain llssa.Function, pyInit, rtInit llssa.Function) llssa.Function {
diff --git a/internal/build/main_module_test.go b/internal/build/main_module_test.go
index d7e6e242..96f87ac6 100644
--- a/internal/build/main_module_test.go
+++ b/internal/build/main_module_test.go
@@ -29,10 +29,7 @@ func TestGenMainModuleExecutable(t *testing.T) {
 		},
 	}
 	pkg := &packages.Package{PkgPath: "example.com/foo", ExportFile: "foo.a"}
-	mod, err := genMainModule(ctx, llssa.PkgRuntime, pkg, true, true)
-	if err != nil {
-		t.Fatalf("genMainModule() error = %v", err)
-	}
+	mod := genMainModule(ctx, llssa.PkgRuntime, pkg, true, true)
 	if mod.ExportFile != "foo.a-main" {
 		t.Fatalf("unexpected export file: %s", mod.ExportFile)
 	}
@@ -62,10 +59,7 @@ func TestGenMainModuleLibrary(t *testing.T) {
 		},
 	}
 	pkg := &packages.Package{PkgPath: "example.com/foo", ExportFile: "foo.a"}
-	mod, err := genMainModule(ctx, llssa.PkgRuntime, pkg, false, false)
-	if err != nil {
-		t.Fatalf("genMainModule() error = %v", err)
-	}
+	mod := genMainModule(ctx, llssa.PkgRuntime, pkg, false, false)
 	ir := mod.LPkg.String()
 	if strings.Contains(ir, "define i32 @main") {
 		t.Fatalf("library mode should not emit main function:\n%s", ir)