diff --git a/stepmania/src/smpackage/smpackage.cpp b/stepmania/src/smpackage/smpackage.cpp
index 95609e92ae..29f84b9150 100644
--- a/stepmania/src/smpackage/smpackage.cpp
+++ b/stepmania/src/smpackage/smpackage.cpp
@@ -126,15 +126,6 @@ BOOL CSmpackageApp::InitInstance()
 	return FALSE;
 }
 
-namespace StepMania
-{
-	void NORETURN HandleException( RString sErr )
-	{
-		MessageBox( NULL, "exception", sErr, MB_ICONERROR );
-	}
-
-}
-
 /*
  * (c) 2002-2005 Chris Danford
  * All rights reserved.
diff --git a/stepmania/src/tests/test_misc.cpp b/stepmania/src/tests/test_misc.cpp
index 2a59eb1666..6663b62624 100644
--- a/stepmania/src/tests/test_misc.cpp
+++ b/stepmania/src/tests/test_misc.cpp
@@ -11,11 +11,6 @@ CString g_Driver = "dir", g_Root = ".";
 
 CString argv0;
 
-namespace StepMania
-{
-	void HandleException( RString sErr ) { }
-}
-
 void test_handle_args( int argc, char *argv[] )
 {
 	SetCommandlineArguments( argc, argv );