diff --git a/pkg/exitcodes/exitcodes.go b/pkg/exitcodes/exitcodes.go
index 82bd2cdc..4a5f8d99 100644
--- a/pkg/exitcodes/exitcodes.go
+++ b/pkg/exitcodes/exitcodes.go
@@ -24,4 +24,8 @@ var (
 		Message: "no go files to analyze",
 		Code:    NoGoFiles,
 	}
+	ErrFailure = &ExitError{
+		Message: "failed to analyze",
+		Code:    Failure,
+	}
 )
diff --git a/pkg/golinters/megacheck.go b/pkg/golinters/megacheck.go
index 86425341..14c66720 100644
--- a/pkg/golinters/megacheck.go
+++ b/pkg/golinters/megacheck.go
@@ -18,9 +18,6 @@ import (
 	"github.com/golangci/go-tools/unused"
 	"golang.org/x/tools/go/packages"
 
-	"github.com/golangci/golangci-lint/pkg/fsutils"
-	libpackages "github.com/golangci/golangci-lint/pkg/packages"
-
 	"github.com/golangci/golangci-lint/pkg/lint/linter"
 	"github.com/golangci/golangci-lint/pkg/result"
 )
@@ -179,67 +176,7 @@ func (m MegacheckMetalinter) isValidChild(name string) bool {
 	return false
 }
 
-func prettifyCompilationError(err packages.Error) error {
-	i, _ := TypeCheck{}.parseError(err)
-	if i == nil {
-		return err
-	}
-
-	shortFilename, pathErr := fsutils.ShortestRelPath(i.Pos.Filename, "")
-	if pathErr != nil {
-		return err
-	}
-
-	errText := shortFilename
-	if i.Line() != 0 {
-		errText += fmt.Sprintf(":%d", i.Line())
-	}
-	errText += fmt.Sprintf(": %s", i.Text)
-	return errors.New(errText)
-}
-
-func (m megacheck) canAnalyze(lintCtx *linter.Context) bool {
-	if len(lintCtx.NotCompilingPackages) == 0 {
-		return true
-	}
-
-	var errPkgs []string
-	var errs []packages.Error
-	for _, p := range lintCtx.NotCompilingPackages {
-		if p.Name == "main" {
-			// megacheck crashes on not compiling packages but main packages
-			// aren't reachable by megacheck: other packages can't depend on them.
-			continue
-		}
-
-		errPkgs = append(errPkgs, p.String())
-		errs = append(errs, libpackages.ExtractErrors(p, lintCtx.ASTCache)...)
-	}
-
-	if len(errPkgs) == 0 { // only main packages do not compile
-		return true
-	}
-
-	// TODO: print real linter names in this message
-	warnText := fmt.Sprintf("Can't run megacheck because of compilation errors in packages %s", errPkgs)
-	if len(errs) != 0 {
-		warnText += fmt.Sprintf(": %s", prettifyCompilationError(errs[0]))
-		if len(errs) > 1 {
-			const runCmd = "golangci-lint run --no-config --disable-all -E typecheck"
-			warnText += fmt.Sprintf(" and %d more errors: run `%s` to see all errors", len(errs)-1, runCmd)
-		}
-	}
-	lintCtx.Log.Warnf("%s", warnText)
-
-	// megacheck crashes if there are not compiling packages
-	return false
-}
-
 func (m megacheck) Run(ctx context.Context, lintCtx *linter.Context) ([]result.Issue, error) {
-	if !m.canAnalyze(lintCtx) {
-		return nil, nil
-	}
-
 	issues, err := m.runMegacheck(lintCtx.Packages, lintCtx.Settings().Unused.CheckExported)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, errors.Wrap(err, "failed to run megacheck")
diff --git a/pkg/lint/load.go b/pkg/lint/load.go
index 1f704ad5..fa041509 100644
--- a/pkg/lint/load.go
+++ b/pkg/lint/load.go
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@ import (
 	"github.com/golangci/golangci-lint/pkg/lint/astcache"
 	"github.com/golangci/golangci-lint/pkg/lint/linter"
 	"github.com/golangci/golangci-lint/pkg/logutils"
-	libpackages "github.com/golangci/golangci-lint/pkg/packages"
 )
 
 type ContextLoader struct {
@@ -265,6 +264,10 @@ func (cl ContextLoader) loadPackages(ctx context.Context, loadMode packages.Load
 			if strings.Contains(err.Msg, "no Go files") {
 				return nil, errors.Wrapf(exitcodes.ErrNoGoFiles, "package %s", pkg.PkgPath)
 			}
+			if strings.Contains(err.Msg, "cannot find package") {
+				// when analyzing not existing directory
+				return nil, errors.Wrap(exitcodes.ErrFailure, err.Msg)
+			}
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -358,29 +361,23 @@ func (cl ContextLoader) Load(ctx context.Context, linters []*linter.Config) (*li
 		Log:      cl.log,
 	}
 
-	if prog != nil {
-		saveNotCompilingPackages(ret)
-	} else {
-		for _, pkg := range pkgs {
-			if pkg.IllTyped {
-				cl.log.Infof("Pkg %s errors: %v", pkg.ID, libpackages.ExtractErrors(pkg, astCache))
-			}
-		}
-	}
-
+	separateNotCompilingPackages(ret)
 	return ret, nil
 }
 
-// saveNotCompilingPackages saves not compiling packages into separate slice:
-// a lot of linters crash on such packages. Leave them only for those linters
-// which can work with them.
-func saveNotCompilingPackages(lintCtx *linter.Context) {
+// separateNotCompilingPackages moves not compiling packages into separate slice:
+// a lot of linters crash on such packages
+func separateNotCompilingPackages(lintCtx *linter.Context) {
+	goodPkgs := make([]*packages.Package, 0, len(lintCtx.Packages))
 	for _, pkg := range lintCtx.Packages {
 		if pkg.IllTyped {
 			lintCtx.NotCompilingPackages = append(lintCtx.NotCompilingPackages, pkg)
+		} else {
+			goodPkgs = append(goodPkgs, pkg)
 		}
 	}
 
+	lintCtx.Packages = goodPkgs
 	if len(lintCtx.NotCompilingPackages) != 0 {
 		lintCtx.Log.Infof("Packages that do not compile: %+v", lintCtx.NotCompilingPackages)
 	}
diff --git a/test/run_test.go b/test/run_test.go
index 57e997e1..a191341d 100644
--- a/test/run_test.go
+++ b/test/run_test.go
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ func TestEmptyDirRun(t *testing.T) {
 
 func TestNotExistingDirRun(t *testing.T) {
 	testshared.NewLintRunner(t).Run(getTestDataDir("no_such_dir")).
-		ExpectExitCode(exitcodes.WarningInTest).
+		ExpectExitCode(exitcodes.Failure).
 		ExpectOutputContains(`cannot find package \"./testdata/no_such_dir\"`)
 }