1 files changed, 0 insertions, 20 deletions
diff --git a/src/libutil/util.cc b/src/libutil/util.cc
index a7a5ad039..645b1ef01 100644
--- a/src/libutil/util.cc
+++ b/src/libutil/util.cc
@@ -52,26 +52,6 @@ extern char * * environ __attribute__((weak));
 
 namespace nix {
 
-void initLibUtil() {
-    // Check that exception handling works. Exception handling has been observed
-    // not to work on darwin when the linker flags aren't quite right.
-    // In this case we don't want to expose the user to some unrelated uncaught
-    // exception, but rather tell them exactly that exception handling is
-    // broken.
-    // When exception handling fails, the message tends to be printed by the
-    // C++ runtime, followed by an abort.
-    // For example on macOS we might see an error such as
-    // libc++abi: terminating with uncaught exception of type nix::SysError: error: C++ exception handling is broken. This would appear to be a problem with the way Nix was compiled and/or linked and/or loaded.
-    bool caught = false;
-    try {
-        throwExceptionSelfCheck();
-    } catch (const nix::Error & _e) {
-        caught = true;
-    }
-    // This is not actually the main point of this check, but let's make sure anyway:
-    assert(caught);
-}
-
 std::optional<std::string> getEnv(const std::string & key)
 {
     char * value = getenv(key.c_str());