diff --git a/plugins/Conditional/plugin.py b/plugins/Conditional/plugin.py
index 921e65732..04e953579 100644
--- a/plugins/Conditional/plugin.py
+++ b/plugins/Conditional/plugin.py
@@ -299,11 +299,11 @@ class Conditional(callbacks.Plugin):
             irc.reply('false')
     nle = wrap(nle, ['float', 'float'])
 
-    def iferror(self, irc, msg, args, testcommand, ifcommand, elsecommand):
-        """<testcommand> <ifcommand> <elsecommand>
+    def cerror(self, irc, msg, args, testcommand):
+        """<testcommand>
 
-        Runs <ifcommand> if <testcommand> raises an error, runs <elsecommand>
-        otherwise.
+        Runs <testcommand> and returns true if it raises an error;
+        false otherwise.
         """
         tokens = callbacks.tokenize(testcommand)
         InvalidCommand = collections.namedtuple('InvalidCommand',
@@ -330,12 +330,10 @@ class Conditional(callbacks.Plugin):
             pass
         # TODO: do something with the results
         if errors:
-            tokens = callbacks.tokenize(ifcommand)
-            self.Proxy(irc, msg, tokens)
+            irc.reply('true')
         else:
-            tokens = callbacks.tokenize(elsecommand)
-            self.Proxy(irc, msg, tokens)
-    iferror = wrap(iferror, ['something', 'something', 'something'])
+            irc.reply('false')
+    cerror = wrap(cerror, ['something'])
 
 Condition = internationalizeDocstring(Conditional)
 
diff --git a/plugins/Conditional/test.py b/plugins/Conditional/test.py
index 562a324a0..fec246528 100644
--- a/plugins/Conditional/test.py
+++ b/plugins/Conditional/test.py
@@ -147,26 +147,9 @@ class ConditionalTestCase(PluginTestCase):
         self.assertError('nle 1 bla')
 
     def testIferror(self):
-        self.assertResponse(
-                'iferror "echo hi" "foo" "bar"',
-                'Error: "bar" is not a valid command.')
-        self.assertResponse(
-                'iferror "echo hi" "echo 1 error" "echo 0 errors"',
-                '0 errors')
-        self.assertResponse(
-                'iferror "foobarbaz" "echo 1 error" "echo 0 errors"',
-                '1 error')
-        self.assertResponse(
-                'iferror "help foobarbaz" "echo 1 error" "echo 0 errors"',
-                '1 error')
-        self.assertResponse(
-                r'iferror "iferror \"help foobarbaz\" \"echo hi\" \"foobarbaz\"" '
-                r'"foo" "bar"',
-                'Error: "bar" is not a valid command.')
-        self.assertResponse(
-                r'iferror "iferror \"help foobarbaz\" \"echo hi\" \"foobarbaz\"" '
-                r'"echo 0 errors" "echo 1 error"',
-                '1 error')
+        self.assertResponse('cerror "echo hi"', 'false')
+        self.assertResponse('cerror "foobarbaz"', 'true')
+        self.assertResponse('cerror "help foobarbaz"', 'true')
 
         
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