diff --git a/include/cyclone/runtime.h b/include/cyclone/runtime.h
index f1dfc1ca..e2f898b6 100644
--- a/include/cyclone/runtime.h
+++ b/include/cyclone/runtime.h
@@ -358,15 +358,6 @@ extern object Cyc_glo_call_cc;
 #define __glo_eval Cyc_glo_eval
 #define __glo_call_95cc Cyc_glo_call_cc
 
-/* Exception handler */
-extern object Cyc_exception_handler_stack;
-
-// Special case, use this one instead since we need it in the runtime
-// This also seems to "shadow" the corresponding C var definition, as
-// subsequent instances of it are replaced during preprocessing. Is that
-// behavior portable? If not, will have to modify cgen to not emit the var.
-#define __glo__85exception_91handler_91stack_85 Cyc_exception_handler_stack
-
 object Cyc_default_exception_handler(void *data, int argc, closure _, object err);
 object Cyc_current_exception_handler(void *data);
 void Cyc_rt_raise(void *data, object err);
diff --git a/runtime.c b/runtime.c
index 9bf754de..fccb16ce 100644
--- a/runtime.c
+++ b/runtime.c
@@ -347,8 +347,6 @@ object Cyc_glo_call_cc = nil;
 object Cyc_glo_eval = nil;
 
 /* Exception handler */
-object Cyc_exception_handler_stack = nil;
-
 object Cyc_default_exception_handler(void *data, int argc, closure _, object err) {
     fprintf(stderr, "Error: ");
 
diff --git a/scheme/base.sld b/scheme/base.sld
index eedd55ff..aaa00a65 100644
--- a/scheme/base.sld
+++ b/scheme/base.sld
@@ -72,7 +72,6 @@
     raise
     raise-continuable
     with-exception-handler
-    *exception-handler-stack*
     Cyc-add-exception-handler
     Cyc-remove-exception-handler
     newline
@@ -618,12 +617,6 @@
       (set! result (thunk))
       (Cyc-remove-exception-handler) ; Only reached if no ex raised
       result))
-    (define *exception-handler-stack* '())
-;    (define (Cyc-add-exception-handler h) 
-;       (set! *exception-handler-stack* (cons h *exception-handler-stack*)))
-;    (define (Cyc-remove-exception-handler)
-;       (if (not (null? *exception-handler-stack*))
-;          (set! *exception-handler-stack* (cdr *exception-handler-stack*))))
     (define-c Cyc-add-exception-handler
       "(void *data, int argc, closure _, object k, object h)"
       " gc_thread_data *thd = (gc_thread_data *)data;