diff --git a/lib/System/Makefile b/lib/System/Makefile
index c43009a1e07..85de7369fc4 100644
--- a/lib/System/Makefile
+++ b/lib/System/Makefile
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@
 LEVEL = ../..
 LIBRARYNAME = LLVMSystem
 BUILD_ARCHIVE = 1
-REQUIRES_EH := 1
 
 EXTRA_DIST = Unix Win32 README.txt