diff --git a/test/CMakeLists.txt b/test/CMakeLists.txt
index 40d4acd..e608c17 100644
--- a/test/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/test/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@
 pythonize_bool(LIBCXX_ENABLE_SHARED)
 pythonize_bool(LIBUNWIND_ENABLE_SHARED)
 pythonize_bool(LIBUNWIND_ENABLE_THREADS)
-pythonize_bool(LIBUNWIND_ENABLE_EXCEPTIONS)
 pythonize_bool(LIBUNWIND_USES_ARM_EHABI)
 pythonize_bool(LIBUNWIND_USE_COMPILER_RT)
 pythonize_bool(LIBUNWIND_BUILD_EXTERNAL_THREAD_LIBRARY)
diff --git a/test/libunwind/test/config.py b/test/libunwind/test/config.py
index 36501f2..7e4f230 100644
--- a/test/libunwind/test/config.py
+++ b/test/libunwind/test/config.py
@@ -35,15 +35,11 @@
 
     def configure_features(self):
         super(Configuration, self).configure_features()
-        if not self.get_lit_bool('enable_exceptions', True):
-            self.config.available_features.add('no-exceptions')
         if self.get_lit_bool('arm_ehabi', False):
             self.config.available_features.add('libunwind-arm-ehabi')
 
     def configure_compile_flags(self):
         self.cxx.compile_flags += ['-DLIBUNWIND_NO_TIMER']
-        if not self.get_lit_bool('enable_exceptions', True):
-            self.cxx.compile_flags += ['-fno-exceptions', '-DLIBUNWIND_HAS_NO_EXCEPTIONS']
         # Stack unwinding tests need unwinding tables and these are not
         # generated by default on all Targets.
         self.cxx.compile_flags += ['-funwind-tables']
diff --git a/test/lit.cfg b/test/lit.cfg
index 262f25a..7f74bd6 100644
--- a/test/lit.cfg
+++ b/test/lit.cfg
@@ -23,9 +23,6 @@
 # test_source_root: The root path where tests are located.
 config.test_source_root = os.path.dirname(__file__)
 
-# needed to test libunwind with code that throws exceptions
-config.enable_exceptions = True
-
 # Infer the libcxx_test_source_root for configuration import.
 # If libcxx_source_root isn't specified in the config, assume that the libcxx
 # and libunwind source directories are sibling directories.
diff --git a/test/lit.site.cfg.in b/test/lit.site.cfg.in
index 37f90a9..809ad10 100644
--- a/test/lit.site.cfg.in
+++ b/test/lit.site.cfg.in
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@
 config.executor                 = "@LIBUNWIND_EXECUTOR@"
 config.libunwind_shared         = @LIBUNWIND_ENABLE_SHARED@
 config.enable_shared            = @LIBCXX_ENABLE_SHARED@
-config.enable_exceptions        = @LIBUNWIND_ENABLE_EXCEPTIONS@
 config.arm_ehabi                = @LIBUNWIND_USES_ARM_EHABI@
 config.host_triple              = "@LLVM_HOST_TRIPLE@"
 config.target_triple            = "@TARGET_TRIPLE@"