diff --git a/AMBuildScript b/AMBuildScript
index 5d0fb201..59ca41b7 100644
--- a/AMBuildScript
+++ b/AMBuildScript
@@ -288,7 +288,6 @@ class SMConfig(object):
       cxx.cxxflags += ['-std=c++14']
 
     cxx.cxxflags += [
-      '-fno-exceptions',
       '-fno-threadsafe-statics',
       '-Wno-non-virtual-dtor',
       '-Wno-overloaded-virtual',