diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 8c0002c1b82..a79c03be54e 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -645,7 +645,6 @@ MIN_DBUS_1_VERSION=0.93
 # initalize internal variables
 CFG_CONFIGURE_EXIT_ON_ERROR=yes
 CFG_PROFILE=no
-CFG_EXCEPTIONS=unspecified
 CFG_GUI=auto # (yes|no|auto)
 CFG_WIDGETS=yes
 CFG_QCONFIG=full
@@ -891,7 +890,7 @@ while [ "$#" -gt 0 ]; do
         VAL=no
         ;;
     #Qt style yes options
-    -profile|-shared|-static|-sm|-xinerama|-xshape|-xsync|-xinput|-xinput2|-egl|-reduce-exports|-pch|-separate-debug-info|-freetype|-xcursor|-xfixes|-xrandr|-xrender|-mitshm|-fontconfig|-xkb|-xcb|-eglfs|-directfb|-nis|-dbus|-dbus-linked|-glib|-gstreamer|-gtkstyle|-cups|-iconv|-largefile|-h|-help|-v|-verbose|-debug|-release|-fast|-accessibility|-confirm-license|-gnumake|-framework|-debug-and-release|-exceptions|-harfbuzz|-prefix-install|-silent|-optimized-qmake|-reduce-relocations|-sse|-openssl|-openssl-linked|-phonon-backend|-audio-backend|-qml-debug|-javascript-jit|-rpath|-pkg-config|-force-pkg-config|-icu|-force-asserts|-testcocoon)
+    -profile|-shared|-static|-sm|-xinerama|-xshape|-xsync|-xinput|-xinput2|-egl|-reduce-exports|-pch|-separate-debug-info|-freetype|-xcursor|-xfixes|-xrandr|-xrender|-mitshm|-fontconfig|-xkb|-xcb|-eglfs|-directfb|-nis|-dbus|-dbus-linked|-glib|-gstreamer|-gtkstyle|-cups|-iconv|-largefile|-h|-help|-v|-verbose|-debug|-release|-fast|-accessibility|-confirm-license|-gnumake|-framework|-debug-and-release|-harfbuzz|-prefix-install|-silent|-optimized-qmake|-reduce-relocations|-sse|-openssl|-openssl-linked|-phonon-backend|-audio-backend|-qml-debug|-javascript-jit|-rpath|-pkg-config|-force-pkg-config|-icu|-force-asserts|-testcocoon)
         VAR=`echo $1 | sed "s,^-\(.*\),\1,"`
         VAL=yes
         ;;
@@ -1209,15 +1208,6 @@ while [ "$#" -gt 0 ]; do
             QTCONFIG_CONFIG="$QTCONFIG_CONFIG testcocoon"
         fi
         ;;
-    exceptions|g++-exceptions)
-        if [ "$VAL" = "no" ]; then
-            CFG_EXCEPTIONS=no
-        elif [ "$VAL" = "yes" ]; then
-            CFG_EXCEPTIONS=yes
-        else
-            UNKNOWN_OPT=yes
-        fi
-        ;;
     platform)
         PLATFORM="$VAL"
         # keep compatibility with old platform names
@@ -2842,8 +2832,7 @@ Usage:  $relconf [-h] [-prefix <dir>] [-prefix-install] [-bindir <dir>] [-libdir
         [-translationdir <dir>] [-sysconfdir <dir>] [-examplesdir <dir>] [-testsdir <dir>]
         [-release] [-debug] [-debug-and-release]
         [-developer-build] [-shared] [-static] [-no-fast] [-fast] [-no-largefile]
-        [-largefile] [-no-exceptions] [-exceptions] [-no-accessibility]
-        [-accessibility] [-no-sql-<driver>] [-sql-<driver>]
+        [-largefile] [-no-accessibility] [-accessibility] [-no-sql-<driver>] [-sql-<driver>]
         [-plugin-sql-<driver>] [-system-sqlite]
         [-platform] [-D <string>] [-I <string>] [-L <string>] [-help]
         [-qt-zlib] [-system-zlib] [-no-gif] [-no-libpng] [-qt-libpng] [-system-libpng]
@@ -2944,9 +2933,6 @@ Configure options:
     -no-largefile ...... Disables large file support.
  +  -largefile ......... Enables Qt to access files larger than 4 GB.
 
-    -no-exceptions ..... Disable exceptions on compilers that support it.
- *  -exceptions ........ Enable exceptions on compilers that support it.
-
     -no-accessibility .. Do not compile Accessibility support.
  *  -accessibility ..... Compile Accessibility support.
 
@@ -5196,17 +5182,6 @@ if [ '!' -z "$W_FLAGS" ]; then
     QMakeVar add QMAKE_OBJECTIVE_CFLAGS_WARN_ON "$W_FLAGS"
 fi
 
-# turn off exceptions for the compilers that support it
-if [ "$XPLATFORM" != "$PLATFORM" ]; then
-    COMPILER=`echo $XPLATFORM | cut -f 2- -d-`
-else
-    COMPILER=`echo $PLATFORM | cut -f 2- -d-`
-fi
-
-if [ "$CFG_EXCEPTIONS" != "no" ]; then
-    QTCONFIG_CONFIG="$QTCONFIG_CONFIG exceptions"
-fi
-
 if [ "$XPLATFORM_MINGW" = "yes" ]; then
     # mkspecs/features/win32/default_pre.prf sets "no-rtti".
     # Follow default behavior of configure.exe by overriding with "rtti".
@@ -5412,28 +5387,6 @@ if [ "$CFG_QML_DEBUG" = "no" ]; then
     QCONFIG_FLAGS="$QCONFIG_FLAGS QT_QML_NO_DEBUGGER"
 fi
 
-if [ "$CFG_EXCEPTIONS" = "no" ]; then
-    case "$COMPILER" in
-    g++*)
-	QMakeVar add QMAKE_CFLAGS -fno-exceptions
-	QMakeVar add QMAKE_CXXFLAGS -fno-exceptions
-	QMakeVar add QMAKE_LFLAGS -fno-exceptions
-        ;;
-    cc*)
-        case "$PLATFORM" in
-        irix-cc*)
-	    QMakeVar add QMAKE_CFLAGS -LANG:exceptions=off
-	    QMakeVar add QMAKE_CXXFLAGS -LANG:exceptions=off
-	    QMakeVar add QMAKE_LFLAGS -LANG:exceptions=off
-            ;;
-        *) ;;
-        esac
-        ;;
-    *) ;;
-    esac
-    QMAKE_CONFIG="$QMAKE_CONFIG exceptions_off"
-fi
-
 case "$COMPILER" in
 g++*)
     # GNU C++
@@ -5553,7 +5506,6 @@ QMakeVar set sql-plugins "$SQL_PLUGINS"
 [ "$CFG_PNG" != "yes" ]      && QCONFIG_FLAGS="$QCONFIG_FLAGS QT_NO_IMAGEFORMAT_PNG"
 [ "$CFG_JPEG" != "yes" ]     && QCONFIG_FLAGS="$QCONFIG_FLAGS QT_NO_IMAGEFORMAT_JPEG"
 [ "$CFG_ZLIB" != "yes" ]     && QCONFIG_FLAGS="$QCONFIG_FLAGS QT_NO_ZLIB"
-[ "$CFG_EXCEPTIONS" = "no" ] && QCONFIG_FLAGS="$QCONFIG_FLAGS QT_NO_EXCEPTIONS"
 [ "$CFG_SXE" = "no" ]        && QCONFIG_FLAGS="$QCONFIG_FLAGS QT_NO_SXE"
 [ "$CFG_DBUS" = "no" ]      && QCONFIG_FLAGS="$QCONFIG_FLAGS QT_NO_DBUS"
 
@@ -5860,46 +5812,6 @@ fi
 #-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 exec 3>&1 1>$outpath/config.summary # redirect output temporarily to config.summary
 
-case "$COMPILER" in
-g++*)
-    if [ "$CFG_EXCEPTIONS" != "no" ]; then
-        cat <<EOF
-
-        This target is using the GNU C++ compiler ($PLATFORM).
-
-        Recent versions of this compiler automatically include code for
-        exceptions, which increase both the size of the Qt libraries and
-        the amount of memory taken by your applications.
-
-        You may choose to re-run `basename $0` with the -no-exceptions
-        option to compile Qt without exceptions. This is completely binary
-        compatible, and existing applications will continue to work.
-
-EOF
-    fi
-    ;;
-cc*)
-    case "$PLATFORM" in
-    irix-cc*)
-        if [ "$CFG_EXCEPTIONS" != "no" ]; then
-            cat <<EOF
-
-        This target is using the MIPSpro C++ compiler ($PLATFORM).
-
-        You may choose to re-run `basename $0` with the -no-exceptions
-        option to compile Qt without exceptions. This will make the
-        size of the Qt library smaller and reduce the amount of memory
-        taken by your applications.
-
-EOF
-        fi
-        ;;
-    *) ;;
-    esac
-    ;;
-*) ;;
-esac
-
 echo
 if [ "$XPLATFORM" = "$PLATFORM" ]; then
     echo "Build type:    $PLATFORM"
diff --git a/dist/changes-5.0.0 b/dist/changes-5.0.0
index 4d429d2c23e..21f0c88ad88 100644
--- a/dist/changes-5.0.0
+++ b/dist/changes-5.0.0
@@ -238,6 +238,12 @@ information about a particular change.
     the raw values are available as QT_INSTALL_.../raw and the sysroot as QT_SYSROOT.
     The new QT_HOST_... properties can be used to refer to the Qt host tools.
   * Several functions and built-in variables were modified to return normalized paths.
+  * The -(no-)exception flags in configure have been removed. Qt modules are now compiled
+    without exceptions by default, as they do not use them and can neither handle them
+    properly. Qt Core still has exceptions enabled to correctly throw bad_alloc exceptions
+    in our tool classes.
+    Whether code should be compiled with exception support enabled or disabled can be
+    controlled by a CONFIG += exceptions/exceptions_off setting in the .pro file.
 
 - QTextCodecPlugin has been removed since it is no longer used. All text codecs
   are now built into QtCore.
diff --git a/mkspecs/common/gcc-base.conf b/mkspecs/common/gcc-base.conf
index 4a8419aa781..a944dd71a3e 100644
--- a/mkspecs/common/gcc-base.conf
+++ b/mkspecs/common/gcc-base.conf
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ QMAKE_CFLAGS_STATIC_LIB     += -fPIC
 QMAKE_CFLAGS_APP            += -fPIE
 QMAKE_CFLAGS_YACC           += -Wno-unused -Wno-parentheses
 QMAKE_CFLAGS_HIDESYMS       += -fvisibility=hidden
+QMAKE_CFLAGS_EXCEPTIONS_OFF += -fno-exceptions
 
 QMAKE_CXXFLAGS            += $$QMAKE_CFLAGS
 QMAKE_CXXFLAGS_DEPS       += $$QMAKE_CFLAGS_DEPS
@@ -55,9 +56,10 @@ QMAKE_CXXFLAGS_STATIC_LIB += $$QMAKE_CFLAGS_STATIC_LIB
 QMAKE_CXXFLAGS_APP        += $$QMAKE_CFLAGS_APP
 QMAKE_CXXFLAGS_YACC       += $$QMAKE_CFLAGS_YACC
 QMAKE_CXXFLAGS_HIDESYMS   += $$QMAKE_CFLAGS_HIDESYMS -fvisibility-inlines-hidden
+QMAKE_CXXFLAGS_EXCEPTIONS_OFF += $$QMAKE_CFLAGS_EXCEPTIONS_OFF
 
 QMAKE_LFLAGS         +=
 QMAKE_LFLAGS_DEBUG   +=
 QMAKE_LFLAGS_APP     +=
 QMAKE_LFLAGS_RELEASE +=
-
+QMAKE_LFLAGS_EXCEPTIONS_OFF +=
diff --git a/mkspecs/features/default_pre.prf b/mkspecs/features/default_pre.prf
index f4292c3312d..2876e7d29e7 100644
--- a/mkspecs/features/default_pre.prf
+++ b/mkspecs/features/default_pre.prf
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 load(exclusive_builds)
 ### Qt 5: remove "uic" and "resources" - or add "qt"
-CONFIG = lex yacc warn_on debug uic resources $$CONFIG
+CONFIG = lex yacc warn_on debug uic resources exceptions $$CONFIG
 
 !build_pass:exists($$_PRO_FILE_PWD_/sync.profile) {
     PRO_BASENAME = $$basename(_PRO_FILE_)
diff --git a/mkspecs/features/win32/exceptions.prf b/mkspecs/features/exceptions.prf
similarity index 85%
rename from mkspecs/features/win32/exceptions.prf
rename to mkspecs/features/exceptions.prf
index 786665920f7..ebfd5837cf6 100644
--- a/mkspecs/features/win32/exceptions.prf
+++ b/mkspecs/features/exceptions.prf
@@ -2,4 +2,5 @@ CONFIG -= exceptions_off
 QMAKE_CFLAGS *= $$QMAKE_CFLAGS_EXCEPTIONS_ON
 QMAKE_CXXFLAGS *= $$QMAKE_CXXFLAGS_EXCEPTIONS_ON
 QMAKE_LFLAGS *= $$QMAKE_LFLAGS_EXCEPTIONS_ON
+DEFINES -= QT_NO_EXCEPTIONS
 
diff --git a/mkspecs/features/win32/exceptions_off.prf b/mkspecs/features/exceptions_off.prf
similarity index 85%
rename from mkspecs/features/win32/exceptions_off.prf
rename to mkspecs/features/exceptions_off.prf
index 9de53d34178..9c8a4043ea4 100644
--- a/mkspecs/features/win32/exceptions_off.prf
+++ b/mkspecs/features/exceptions_off.prf
@@ -2,4 +2,4 @@ CONFIG -= exceptions
 QMAKE_CFLAGS += $$QMAKE_CFLAGS_EXCEPTIONS_OFF
 QMAKE_CXXFLAGS += $$QMAKE_CXXFLAGS_EXCEPTIONS_OFF
 QMAKE_LFLAGS += $$QMAKE_LFLAGS_EXCEPTIONS_OFF
-
+DEFINES += QT_NO_EXCEPTIONS
diff --git a/mkspecs/features/qt_module.prf b/mkspecs/features/qt_module.prf
index b71ef612525..865e3e51e5d 100644
--- a/mkspecs/features/qt_module.prf
+++ b/mkspecs/features/qt_module.prf
@@ -28,3 +28,6 @@ mac {
        CONFIG += absolute_library_soname
    }
 }
+
+# Qt modules get compiled without exceptions enabled by default
+CONFIG += exceptions_off
diff --git a/mkspecs/irix-cc-64/qmake.conf b/mkspecs/irix-cc-64/qmake.conf
index ac5f3b58479..08fd50dc541 100644
--- a/mkspecs/irix-cc-64/qmake.conf
+++ b/mkspecs/irix-cc-64/qmake.conf
@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@ QMAKE_CFLAGS_SHLIB	=
 QMAKE_CFLAGS_STATIC_LIB	= $$QMAKE_CFLAGS_SHLIB
 QMAKE_CFLAGS_YACC	= -woff 1110,1174,3262
 QMAKE_CFLAGS_THREAD	=
+QMAKE_CFLAGS_EXCEPTIONS_OFF = -LANG:exceptions=off
 
 QMAKE_CXX		= CC
 QMAKE_CXXFLAGS		= -64 -signed -LANG:std:libc_in_namespace_std=ON -woff 1209,1355,1375,1424,3303
@@ -68,6 +69,7 @@ QMAKE_CXXFLAGS_SHLIB	= $$QMAKE_CFLAGS_SHLIB
 QMAKE_CXXFLAGS_STATIC_LIB = $$QMAKE_CFLAGS_STATIC_LIB
 QMAKE_CXXFLAGS_YACC	= $$QMAKE_CFLAGS_YACC
 QMAKE_CXXFLAGS_THREAD	=
+QMAKE_CXXFLAGS_EXCEPTIONS_OFF = $$QMAKE_CFLAGS_EXCEPTIONS_OFF
 
 QMAKE_INCDIR		=
 QMAKE_LIBDIR		=
@@ -89,6 +91,7 @@ QMAKE_LFLAGS_SONAME	= -Wl,-soname,
 QMAKE_LFLAGS_THREAD	=
 QMAKE_LFLAGS_NOUNDEF	= -Wl,-no_unresolved
 QMAKE_LFLAGS_RPATH	= -Wl,-rpath,
+QMAKE_LFLAGS_EXCEPTIONS_OFF = $$QMAKE_CFLAGS_EXCEPTIONS_OFF
 
 QMAKE_LIBS		=
 QMAKE_LIBS_DYNLOAD	=
diff --git a/mkspecs/irix-cc/qmake.conf b/mkspecs/irix-cc/qmake.conf
index eaec795f2ab..26b3f7c14c0 100644
--- a/mkspecs/irix-cc/qmake.conf
+++ b/mkspecs/irix-cc/qmake.conf
@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@ QMAKE_CFLAGS_SHLIB	=
 QMAKE_CFLAGS_STATIC_LIB	= $$QMAKE_CFLAGS_SHLIB
 QMAKE_CFLAGS_YACC	= -woff 1110,1174,3262
 QMAKE_CFLAGS_THREAD	=
+QMAKE_CFLAGS_EXCEPTIONS_OFF = -LANG:exceptions=off
 
 QMAKE_CXX		= CC
 QMAKE_CXXFLAGS		= -n32 -signed -LANG:std:libc_in_namespace_std=ON -woff 1209,1355,1375,1424,3303
@@ -68,6 +69,7 @@ QMAKE_CXXFLAGS_SHLIB	= $$QMAKE_CFLAGS_SHLIB
 QMAKE_CXXFLAGS_STATIC_LIB = $$QMAKE_CFLAGS_STATIC_LIB
 QMAKE_CXXFLAGS_YACC	= $$QMAKE_CFLAGS_YACC
 QMAKE_CXXFLAGS_THREAD	=
+QMAKE_CXXFLAGS_EXCEPTIONS_OFF = $$QMAKE_CFLAGS_EXCEPTIONS_OFF
 
 QMAKE_INCDIR		=
 QMAKE_LIBDIR		=
@@ -89,6 +91,7 @@ QMAKE_LFLAGS_SONAME	= -Wl,-soname,
 QMAKE_LFLAGS_THREAD	=
 QMAKE_LFLAGS_NOUNDEF	= -Wl,-no_unresolved
 QMAKE_LFLAGS_RPATH	= -Wl,-rpath,
+QMAKE_LFLAGS_EXCEPTIONS_OFF = $$QMAKE_CFLAGS_EXCEPTIONS_OFF
 
 QMAKE_LIBS		=
 QMAKE_LIBS_DYNLOAD	=
diff --git a/src/concurrent/concurrent.pro b/src/concurrent/concurrent.pro
index 54359f7d3b9..b0809c8939d 100644
--- a/src/concurrent/concurrent.pro
+++ b/src/concurrent/concurrent.pro
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ TARGET     = QtConcurrent
 QPRO_PWD   = $$PWD
 QT         = core-private
 
-CONFIG += module
+CONFIG += module exceptions
 MODULE_PRI = ../modules/qt_concurrent.pri
 
 DEFINES   += QT_BUILD_CONCURRENT_LIB QT_NO_USING_NAMESPACE
diff --git a/src/corelib/corelib.pro b/src/corelib/corelib.pro
index 4856c1b5fb5..545a94fdee9 100644
--- a/src/corelib/corelib.pro
+++ b/src/corelib/corelib.pro
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ TARGET	   = QtCore
 QPRO_PWD   = $$PWD
 QT         =
 
-CONFIG += module
+CONFIG += module exceptions
 MODULE = core     # not corelib, as per project file
 MODULE_PRI = ../modules/qt_core.pri
 
diff --git a/src/corelib/global/qglobal.h b/src/corelib/global/qglobal.h
index a8547a3ab8b..911759892b8 100644
--- a/src/corelib/global/qglobal.h
+++ b/src/corelib/global/qglobal.h
@@ -659,11 +659,10 @@ inline void qt_noop(void) {}
    Use the QT_NO_EXCEPTIONS macro to protect your code instead.
 */
 
-#ifdef QT_BOOTSTRAPPED
-#  define QT_NO_EXCEPTIONS
-#endif
-#if !defined(QT_NO_EXCEPTIONS) && defined(Q_CC_GNU) && !defined (__EXCEPTIONS) && !defined(Q_MOC_RUN)
-#  define QT_NO_EXCEPTIONS
+#if !defined(QT_NO_EXCEPTIONS)
+#  if defined(QT_BOOTSTRAPPED) || (defined(Q_CC_GNU) && !defined (__EXCEPTIONS) && !defined(Q_MOC_RUN))
+#    define QT_NO_EXCEPTIONS
+#  endif
 #endif
 
 #ifdef QT_NO_EXCEPTIONS
diff --git a/src/testlib/testlib.pro b/src/testlib/testlib.pro
index 47a52318e85..142a8546937 100644
--- a/src/testlib/testlib.pro
+++ b/src/testlib/testlib.pro
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ TARGET = QtTest
 QPRO_PWD = $$PWD
 QT = core
 
-CONFIG += module
+CONFIG += module exceptions
 MODULE_PRI = ../modules/qt_testlib.pri
 
 INCLUDEPATH += .
diff --git a/src/tools/bootstrap/bootstrap.pri b/src/tools/bootstrap/bootstrap.pri
index 6a7eb8538f2..7de9a2420a4 100644
--- a/src/tools/bootstrap/bootstrap.pri
+++ b/src/tools/bootstrap/bootstrap.pri
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ build_all:!build_pass {
     CONFIG += release
 }
 CONFIG     -= app_bundle
+CONFIG += exceptions_off
 
 DEFINES	       += \
         QT_BOOTSTRAPPED \
diff --git a/src/tools/bootstrap/bootstrap.pro b/src/tools/bootstrap/bootstrap.pro
index 37b4c3dd1d7..239f9e58b3f 100644
--- a/src/tools/bootstrap/bootstrap.pro
+++ b/src/tools/bootstrap/bootstrap.pro
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ CONFIG += staticlib
 
 CONFIG += console qtinc 
 CONFIG -= qt
+CONFIG += exceptions_off
 build_all:!build_pass {
     CONFIG -= build_all
     CONFIG += release
diff --git a/tools/configure/configureapp.cpp b/tools/configure/configureapp.cpp
index b9040d62f1b..ac0d15493cf 100644
--- a/tools/configure/configureapp.cpp
+++ b/tools/configure/configureapp.cpp
@@ -200,7 +200,6 @@ Configure::Configure(int& argc, char** argv)
     dictionary[ "QMAKE_INTERNAL" ]  = "no";
     dictionary[ "FAST" ]            = "no";
     dictionary[ "NOPROCESS" ]       = "no";
-    dictionary[ "EXCEPTIONS" ]      = "yes";
     dictionary[ "WIDGETS" ]         = "yes";
     dictionary[ "RTTI" ]            = "yes";
     dictionary[ "SSE2" ]            = "auto";
@@ -769,11 +768,6 @@ void Configure::parseCmdLine()
         else if (configCmdLine.at(i) == "-no-fast")
             dictionary[ "FAST" ] = "no";
 
-        else if (configCmdLine.at(i) == "-exceptions")
-            dictionary[ "EXCEPTIONS" ] = "yes";
-        else if (configCmdLine.at(i) == "-no-exceptions")
-            dictionary[ "EXCEPTIONS" ] = "no";
-
         else if (configCmdLine.at(i) == "-widgets")
             dictionary[ "WIDGETS" ] = "yes";
         else if (configCmdLine.at(i) == "-no-widgets")
@@ -1365,7 +1359,6 @@ void Configure::applySpecSpecifics()
         dictionary[ "FREETYPE" ]            = "no";
         dictionary[ "OPENGL" ]              = "no";
         dictionary[ "OPENSSL" ]             = "no";
-        dictionary[ "EXCEPTIONS" ]          = "no";
         dictionary[ "RTTI" ]                = "no";
         dictionary[ "SSE2" ]                = "no";
         dictionary[ "IWMMXT" ]              = "no";
@@ -1388,7 +1381,6 @@ void Configure::applySpecSpecifics()
         dictionary[ "GFX_DRIVERS" ]         = "linuxfb";
         dictionary[ "MOUSE_DRIVERS" ]       = "pc linuxtp";
         dictionary[ "OPENGL" ]              = "no";
-        dictionary[ "EXCEPTIONS" ]          = "no";
         dictionary[ "DBUS"]                 = "no";
         dictionary[ "QT_QWS_DEPTH" ]        = "4 8 16 24 32";
         dictionary[ "QT_SXE" ]              = "no";
@@ -1446,7 +1438,7 @@ bool Configure::displayHelp()
     if (dictionary[ "HELP" ] == "yes") {
         desc("Usage: configure\n"
                     "[-release] [-debug] [-debug-and-release] [-shared] [-static]\n"
-                    "[-no-fast] [-fast] [-no-exceptions] [-exceptions]\n"
+                    "[-no-fast] [-fast] \n"
                     "[-no-accessibility] [-accessibility] [-no-rtti] [-rtti]\n"
                     "[-no-sql-<driver>] [-qt-sql-<driver>]\n"
                     "[-plugin-sql-<driver>] [-system-sqlite]\n"
@@ -1525,9 +1517,6 @@ bool Configure::displayHelp()
             desc(               "",                     qPrintable(QString("  %1").arg(defaultBuildParts.at(i))), false, ' ');
         desc(                   "-nomake <part>",       "Exclude part from the list of parts to be built.\n");
 
-        desc("EXCEPTIONS", "no", "-no-exceptions",      "Disable exceptions on platforms that support it.");
-        desc("EXCEPTIONS", "yes","-exceptions",         "Enable exceptions on platforms that support it.\n");
-
         desc("WIDGETS", "no", "-no-widgets",            "Disable QtWidgets module\n");
 
         desc("ACCESSIBILITY", "no",  "-no-accessibility", "Do not compile Windows Active Accessibility support.");
@@ -2606,10 +2595,6 @@ void Configure::generateQConfigPri()
 
         if (dictionary[ "LTCG" ] == "yes")
             configStream << " ltcg";
-        if (dictionary[ "EXCEPTIONS" ] == "yes")
-            configStream << " exceptions";
-        if (dictionary[ "EXCEPTIONS" ] == "no")
-            configStream << " exceptions_off";
         if (dictionary[ "RTTI" ] == "yes")
             configStream << " rtti";
         if (dictionary[ "SSE2" ] == "yes")
@@ -2805,7 +2790,6 @@ void Configure::generateConfigfiles()
         }
 
         if (dictionary["ACCESSIBILITY"] == "no")     qconfigList += "QT_NO_ACCESSIBILITY";
-        if (dictionary["EXCEPTIONS"] == "no")        qconfigList += "QT_NO_EXCEPTIONS";
         if (dictionary["WIDGETS"] == "no")           qconfigList += "QT_NO_WIDGETS";
         if (dictionary["OPENGL"] == "no")            qconfigList += "QT_NO_OPENGL";
         if (dictionary["OPENVG"] == "no")            qconfigList += "QT_NO_OPENVG";
@@ -3027,7 +3011,6 @@ void Configure::displayConfig()
     cout << "Debug symbols..............." << (dictionary[ "BUILD" ] == "debug" ? "yes" : "no") << endl;
     cout << "Link Time Code Generation..." << dictionary[ "LTCG" ] << endl;
     cout << "Accessibility support......." << dictionary[ "ACCESSIBILITY" ] << endl;
-    cout << "Exception support..........." << dictionary[ "EXCEPTIONS" ] << endl;
     cout << "RTTI support................" << dictionary[ "RTTI" ] << endl;
     cout << "SSE2 support................" << dictionary[ "SSE2" ] << endl;
     cout << "IWMMXT support.............." << dictionary[ "IWMMXT" ] << endl;