diff --git a/core/assets/scaffold/files/example.settings.local.php b/core/assets/scaffold/files/example.settings.local.php
index 73671ab164bf72cd65bf925d8bad7172320bb4d7..a9f1aca025c21da588c3a917e57d08826d07309c 100644
--- a/core/assets/scaffold/files/example.settings.local.php
+++ b/core/assets/scaffold/files/example.settings.local.php
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
  * @see https://wiki.php.net/rfc/expectations
  */
 assert_options(ASSERT_ACTIVE, TRUE);
-\Drupal\Component\Assertion\Handle::register();
+assert_options(ASSERT_EXCEPTION, TRUE);
 
 /**
  * Enable local development services.
diff --git a/sites/example.settings.local.php b/sites/example.settings.local.php
index 73671ab164bf72cd65bf925d8bad7172320bb4d7..a9f1aca025c21da588c3a917e57d08826d07309c 100644
--- a/sites/example.settings.local.php
+++ b/sites/example.settings.local.php
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
  * @see https://wiki.php.net/rfc/expectations
  */
 assert_options(ASSERT_ACTIVE, TRUE);
-\Drupal\Component\Assertion\Handle::register();
+assert_options(ASSERT_EXCEPTION, TRUE);
 
 /**
  * Enable local development services.