diff --git a/tools/daca2.py b/tools/daca2.py
index 478838a30..c8e51ee3b 100644
--- a/tools/daca2.py
+++ b/tools/daca2.py
@@ -153,8 +153,9 @@ def scanarchive(filepath, jobs, cpulimit):
         cmd = 'cpulimit --limit=' + cpulimit
     else:
         cmd = 'nice --adjustment=1000'
+    # TODO: The --exception-handling=stderr is skipped right now because it hangs (#8589)
     cmd = cmd + ' ../cppcheck-O2 -D__GCC__ --enable=style --inconclusive --error-exitcode=0 ' +\
-        '--exception-handling=stderr ' + jobs + ' --template=daca2 .'
+        jobs + ' --template=daca2 .'
     cmds = cmd.split()
 
     p = subprocess.Popen(cmds, stdout=subprocess.PIPE, stderr=subprocess.PIPE)