diff --git a/core/vocabs/loader/loader-docs.factor b/core/vocabs/loader/loader-docs.factor
index f8626f3370..379b300eaa 100755
--- a/core/vocabs/loader/loader-docs.factor
+++ b/core/vocabs/loader/loader-docs.factor
@@ -124,11 +124,6 @@ HELP: refresh
 { $values { "prefix" string } }
 { $description "Reloads source files and documentation belonging to loaded vocabularies whose names are prefixed by " { $snippet "prefix" } " which have been modified on disk." } ;
 
-HELP: require-all-error
-{ $values { "vocabs" "a sequence of vocabularies" } }
-{ $description "Throws a " { $link require-all-error } "." }
-{ $error-description "Thrown by " { $link require-all } " if one or more vocabulary failed to load." } ;
-
 HELP: refresh-all
 { $description "Reloads source files and documentation for all loaded vocabularies which have been modified on disk." } ;
 
diff --git a/core/vocabs/loader/loader.factor b/core/vocabs/loader/loader.factor
index 352ef9fe02..a1276341b3 100755
--- a/core/vocabs/loader/loader.factor
+++ b/core/vocabs/loader/loader.factor
@@ -160,37 +160,25 @@ SYMBOL: load-help?
     drop ;
     ! third "Traceback" swap write-object ;
 
-TUPLE: require-all-error vocabs ;
+: load-failures. ( failures -- )
+    [ load-error. nl ] each ;
 
-: require-all-error ( vocabs -- )
-    [ vocab-name ] map
-    \ require-all-error construct-boa throw ;
-
-M: require-all-error summary
-    drop "The require-all operation failed" ;
-
-: require-all ( vocabs -- )
-    dup length 1 = [ first require ] [
+: require-all ( vocabs -- failures )
+    [
         [
             [
-                [
-                    [ require ]
-                    [ error-continuation get 3array , ]
-                    recover
-                ] each
-            ] { } make
-            dup empty? [ drop ] [
-                dup [ load-error. nl ] each
-                keys require-all-error
-            ] if
-        ] with-compiler-errors
-    ] if ;
+                [ require ]
+                [ error-continuation get 3array , ]
+                recover
+            ] each
+        ] { } make
+    ] with-compiler-errors ;
 
 : do-refresh ( modified-sources modified-docs -- )
     2dup
     [ f swap set-vocab-docs-loaded? ] each
     [ f swap set-vocab-source-loaded? ] each
-    append prune require-all ;
+    append prune require-all load-failures. ;
 
 : refresh ( prefix -- ) to-refresh do-refresh ;
 
diff --git a/extra/tools/browser/browser.factor b/extra/tools/browser/browser.factor
index 392e9dba61..f40cf11f11 100755
--- a/extra/tools/browser/browser.factor
+++ b/extra/tools/browser/browser.factor
@@ -132,11 +132,17 @@ MEMO: all-vocabs-seq ( -- seq )
         { [ t ] [ f ] }
     } cond nip ;
 
-: load-everything ( -- )
+: filter-dangerous ( seq -- seq' )
+    [ vocab-name dangerous? not ] subset ;
+
+: try-everything ( -- failures )
     all-vocabs-seq
-    [ vocab-name dangerous? not ] subset
+    filter-dangerous
     require-all ;
 
+: load-everything ( -- )
+    try-everything drop ;
+
 : unrooted-child-vocabs ( prefix -- seq )
     dup empty? [ CHAR: . add ] unless
     vocabs
@@ -155,7 +161,9 @@ MEMO: all-vocabs-seq ( -- seq )
 
 : load-children ( prefix -- )
     all-child-vocabs values concat
-    require-all ;
+    filter-dangerous
+    require-all
+    load-failures. ;
 
 : vocab-status-string ( vocab -- string )
     {
diff --git a/extra/tools/test/test-docs.factor b/extra/tools/test/test-docs.factor
index c027073398..b756f9279e 100755
--- a/extra/tools/test/test-docs.factor
+++ b/extra/tools/test/test-docs.factor
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ $nl
 { $subsection run-tests }
 { $subsection run-all-tests }
 "The following word prints failures:"
-{ $subsection failures. } ;
+{ $subsection test-failures. } ;
 
 ARTICLE: "tools.test" "Unit testing"
 "A unit test is a piece of code which starts with known input values, then compares the output of a word with an expected output, where the expected output is defined by the word's contract."
diff --git a/extra/tools/test/test.factor b/extra/tools/test/test.factor
index 0b1a495e90..192a248161 100755
--- a/extra/tools/test/test.factor
+++ b/extra/tools/test/test.factor
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ M: expected-error summary
     dup first print-error
     "Traceback" swap third write-object ;
 
-: failures. ( assoc -- )
+: test-failures. ( assoc -- )
     dup [
         nl
         dup empty? [
@@ -104,10 +104,10 @@ M: expected-error summary
     ] if ;
 
 : test ( prefix -- )
-    run-tests failures. ;
+    run-tests test-failures. ;
 
 : run-all-tests ( prefix -- failures )
     "" run-tests ;
 
 : test-all ( -- )
-    run-all-tests failures. ;
+    run-all-tests test-failures. ;