diff --git a/indra/newview/llappviewermacosx.cpp b/indra/newview/llappviewermacosx.cpp
index 5a0fe6ba0cc9f3d8cfe30c3a8430c6c146cdc7fe..784a104573bc9cc2741a3b1dea0ba4d0d8880613 100644
--- a/indra/newview/llappviewermacosx.cpp
+++ b/indra/newview/llappviewermacosx.cpp
@@ -68,25 +68,9 @@ namespace
 	int gArgC;
 	char** gArgV;
 	LLAppViewerMacOSX* gViewerAppPtr = NULL;
-
-    void (*gOldTerminateHandler)() = NULL;
     std::string gHandleSLURL;
 }
 
-static void exceptionTerminateHandler()
-{
-	// reinstall default terminate() handler in case we re-terminate.
-	if (gOldTerminateHandler) std::set_terminate(gOldTerminateHandler);
-	// treat this like a regular viewer crash, with nice stacktrace etc.
-    long *null_ptr;
-    null_ptr = 0;
-    *null_ptr = 0xDEADBEEF; //Force an exception that will trigger breakpad.
-	LLAppViewer::handleViewerCrash();
-
-	// we've probably been killed-off before now, but...
-	gOldTerminateHandler(); // call old terminate() handler
-}
-
 void constructViewer()
 {
 	// Set the working dir to <bundle>/Contents/Resources
@@ -99,9 +83,6 @@ void constructViewer()
 
 	gViewerAppPtr = new LLAppViewerMacOSX();
 
-    // install unexpected exception handler
-	//gOldTerminateHandler = std::set_terminate(exceptionTerminateHandler);
-
 	gViewerAppPtr->setErrorHandler(LLAppViewer::handleViewerCrash);
 }