diff --git a/src/jdk.jpackage/macosx/classes/jdk/jpackage/internal/SigningIdentityBuilder.java b/src/jdk.jpackage/macosx/classes/jdk/jpackage/internal/SigningIdentityBuilder.java
index 87193783041..0f753c07569 100644
--- a/src/jdk.jpackage/macosx/classes/jdk/jpackage/internal/SigningIdentityBuilder.java
+++ b/src/jdk.jpackage/macosx/classes/jdk/jpackage/internal/SigningIdentityBuilder.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 2025, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 2025, 2026, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
  * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER.
  *
  * This code is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ import javax.naming.ldap.Rdn;
 import javax.security.auth.x500.X500Principal;
 import jdk.jpackage.internal.MacCertificateUtils.CertificateHash;
 import jdk.jpackage.internal.model.ConfigException;
+import jdk.jpackage.internal.model.JPackageException;
 import jdk.jpackage.internal.model.SigningIdentity;
 
 final class SigningIdentityBuilder {
@@ -147,11 +148,9 @@ final class SigningIdentityBuilder {
         Objects.requireNonNull(keychain);
         switch (certs.size()) {
             case 0 -> {
-                var errMsg = I18N.format("error.cert.not.found", certificateSelector.signingIdentities().getFirst(),
-                        keychain.map(Keychain::name).orElse(""));
-                Log.error(I18N.format("message.error-header", errMsg));
-                throw I18N.buildConfigException("error.explicit-sign-no-cert")
-                        .advice("error.explicit-sign-no-cert.advice").create();
+                throw new JPackageException(I18N.format("error.cert.not.found",
+                        certificateSelector.signingIdentities().getFirst(),
+                        keychain.map(Keychain::name).orElse("")));
             }
             case 1 -> {
                 return certs.getFirst();
diff --git a/src/jdk.jpackage/macosx/classes/jdk/jpackage/internal/resources/MacResources.properties b/src/jdk.jpackage/macosx/classes/jdk/jpackage/internal/resources/MacResources.properties
index d01297aa814..240e82dcc9b 100644
--- a/src/jdk.jpackage/macosx/classes/jdk/jpackage/internal/resources/MacResources.properties
+++ b/src/jdk.jpackage/macosx/classes/jdk/jpackage/internal/resources/MacResources.properties
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #
-# Copyright (c) 2017, 2025, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+# Copyright (c) 2017, 2026, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
 # DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER.
 #
 # This code is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
@@ -24,8 +24,6 @@
 #
 #
 error.invalid-cfbundle-version.advice=Set a compatible 'app-version' value. Valid versions are one to three integers separated by dots.
-error.explicit-sign-no-cert=Signature explicitly requested but no signing certificate found
-error.explicit-sign-no-cert.advice=Specify a valid mac-signing-key-user-name and mac-signing-keychain
 error.certificate.expired=Certificate expired {0}
 error.cert.not.found=No certificate found matching [{0}] using keychain [{1}]
 error.multiple.certs.found=Multiple certificates matching name [{0}] found in keychain [{1}]
diff --git a/test/jdk/tools/jpackage/share/ErrorTest.java b/test/jdk/tools/jpackage/share/ErrorTest.java
index 955c17e6043..bc12577fa20 100644
--- a/test/jdk/tools/jpackage/share/ErrorTest.java
+++ b/test/jdk/tools/jpackage/share/ErrorTest.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 2020, 2025, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 2020, 2026, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
  * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER.
  *
  * This code is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
@@ -707,12 +707,6 @@ public final class ErrorTest {
         final List<CannedFormattedString> errorMessages = new ArrayList<>();
         errorMessages.add(makeError(JPackageStringBundle.MAIN.cannedFormattedString(
                 "error.cert.not.found", "Developer ID Application: " + signingId, "")));
-        errorMessages.addAll(Stream.of(
-                Map.<String, UnaryOperator<CannedFormattedString>>entry("error.explicit-sign-no-cert", JPackageCommand::makeError),
-                Map.<String, UnaryOperator<CannedFormattedString>>entry("error.explicit-sign-no-cert.advice", JPackageCommand::makeAdvice)
-        ).map(e -> {
-            return e.getValue().apply(JPackageStringBundle.MAIN.cannedFormattedString(e.getKey()));
-        }).toList());
 
         final var cmd = JPackageCommand.helloAppImage()
                 .ignoreDefaultVerbose(true)