diff --git a/srcpkgs/gcc/template b/srcpkgs/gcc/template
index 972c70a9cc2..d358d0c9fe9 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/gcc/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/gcc/template
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ do_configure() {
 		--enable-linker-build-id --enable-gnu-unique-object \
 		--enable-checking=release --disable-libstdcxx-pch \
 		--enable-cloog-backend=isl --with-linker-hash-style=gnu \
-		--enable-languages=${_langs} ${_args}
+		--enable-languages=${_langs} --enable-sjlj-exceptions=no ${_args}
 }
 
 do_build() {