diff --git a/libs/libxx/cxx.defs b/libs/libxx/cxx.defs
index c8643aaf6b5..dbd3228444d 100644
--- a/libs/libxx/cxx.defs
+++ b/libs/libxx/cxx.defs
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@
 CXXSRCS += libxx_cxa_guard.cxx libxx_cxapurevirtual.cxx
 CXXSRCS += libxx_delete.cxx libxx_delete_sized.cxx libxx_deletea.cxx
 CXXSRCS += libxx_deletea_sized.cxx libxx_new.cxx libxx_newa.cxx
-CXXSRCS += libxx_stdthrow.cxx
 
 # Note: Our implementations of operator new are not conforming to
 # the standard. (no bad_alloc implementation)
diff --git a/libs/libxx/libxx_stdthrow.cxx b/libs/libxx/libxx_stdthrow.cxx
deleted file mode 100644
index 2859581f475..00000000000
--- a/libs/libxx/libxx_stdthrow.cxx
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,65 +0,0 @@
-//***************************************************************************
-// libs/libxx/libxx_newa.cxx
-//
-// Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
-// contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file distributed with
-// this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.  The
-// ASF licenses this file to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
-// "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with the
-// License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
-//
-//   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-//
-// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
-// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT
-// WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.  See the
-// License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations
-// under the License.
-//
-//***************************************************************************
-
-//***************************************************************************
-// Included Files
-//***************************************************************************
-
-#include <cstdlib>
-#include <debug.h>
-
-//***************************************************************************
-// Pre-processor Definitions
-//***************************************************************************
-
-//***************************************************************************
-// Private Data
-//***************************************************************************
-
-//***************************************************************************
-// Public Functions
-//***************************************************************************
-
-namespace std
-{
-  void __throw_out_of_range(const char*)
-  {
-    _err("ERROR: C++: Vector .at() with argument out of range\n");
-    abort();
-   }
-
-  void __throw_length_error(const char*)
-  {
-    _err("ERROR: C++: Vector resize to excessive length\n");
-    abort();
-  }
-
-  void __throw_bad_alloc()
-  {
-    _err("ERROR: C++: Bad allocation\n");
-    abort();
-  }
-
-  void __throw_bad_function_call()
-  {
-    _err("ERROR: C++: Bad function call\n");
-    abort();
-  }
-}