diff --git a/Ports/gcc/package.sh b/Ports/gcc/package.sh
index 1ce319112c..9a99fd864a 100755
--- a/Ports/gcc/package.sh
+++ b/Ports/gcc/package.sh
@@ -13,12 +13,6 @@ post_fetch() {
     run contrib/download_prerequisites
 }
 
-pre_configure() {
-    patch_internal
-    run sed -i.bak 's@-fno-exceptions @@' gcc/config/serenity.h
-    run rm -f gcc/config/serenity.h.bak
-}
-
 build() {
     run make $makeopts
     run find "./host-${SERENITY_ARCH}-pc-serenity/gcc/" -maxdepth 1 -type f -executable -exec strip --strip-debug {} \; || echo
diff --git a/Ports/gcc/patches/gcc.patch b/Ports/gcc/patches/gcc.patch
index d6eef6e996..89f1fa125f 100644
--- a/Ports/gcc/patches/gcc.patch
+++ b/Ports/gcc/patches/gcc.patch
@@ -129,10 +129,10 @@ diff -Naur gcc-11.1.0-RC-20210420/gcc/config/serenity.h gcc-11.1.0-RC-20210420.s
 +#define LINK_SPEC "%{shared:-shared} %{static:-static} %{!static: %{rdynamic:-export-dynamic} %{!fbuilding-libgcc:%{!nodefaultlibs:-lgcc_s} -dynamic-linker /usr/lib/Loader.so}}"
 +
 +#undef CC1_SPEC
-+#define CC1_SPEC "-fno-exceptions -ftls-model=initial-exec %{!fno-pic:%{!fno-PIC:%{!fpic:%{!fPIC: -fPIC}}}} -fno-semantic-interposition"
++#define CC1_SPEC "-ftls-model=initial-exec %{!fno-pic:%{!fno-PIC:%{!fpic:%{!fPIC: -fPIC}}}} -fno-semantic-interposition"
 +
 +#undef CC1PLUS_SPEC
-+#define CC1PLUS_SPEC "-fno-exceptions -ftls-model=initial-exec"
++#define CC1PLUS_SPEC "-ftls-model=initial-exec"
 +
 +#undef CPP_SPEC
 +#define CPP_SPEC "%{posix:-D_POSIX_SOURCE} %{pthread:-D_REENTRANT}"