diff --git a/src/CMakeLists.txt b/src/CMakeLists.txt
index a6247522e7..feea706abd 100644
--- a/src/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -198,7 +198,6 @@ elseif(APPLE)
     XCODE_ATTRIBUTE_INFOPLIST_PREPROCESSOR_DEFINITIONS[variant=RelWithDebInfo] "RELWITHDEBINFO"
     XCODE_ATTRIBUTE_INFOPLIST_PREFIX_HEADER "${SM_XCODE_DIR}/plistHelper.hpp"
     XCODE_ATTRIBUTE_GCC_PREFIX_HEADER "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/archutils/Darwin/StepMania.pch"
-    XCODE_ATTRIBUTE_GCC_ENABLE_CPP_EXCEPTIONS "NO"
     XCODE_ATTRIBUTE_LIBRARY_SEARCH_PATHS "${SM_XCODE_DIR}/Libraries"
   )