diff --git a/buckbuild.bzl b/buckbuild.bzl
index 070e6241dbb619..bb3522b722521d 100644
--- a/buckbuild.bzl
+++ b/buckbuild.bzl
@@ -156,7 +156,6 @@ def get_pt_compiler_flags():
     })
 
 _PT_COMPILER_FLAGS = [
-    "-fexceptions",
     "-frtti",
     "-Os",
     "-Wno-unknown-pragmas",
@@ -1117,7 +1116,6 @@ def define_buck_targets(
         deps = [
             C10,
         ],
-        compiler_flags = ["-fexceptions"],
     )
 
     # Base library shared by lite-interpreter and full-jit.
@@ -1846,7 +1844,6 @@ def define_buck_targets(
             ":torch_core",
             C10,
         ],
-        compiler_flags = ["-fexceptions"],
     )
 
     # aten_cpu and aten_native_cpu
diff --git a/build.bzl b/build.bzl
index 3ad4d3e8f7adc7..8141ee49588003 100644
--- a/build.bzl
+++ b/build.bzl
@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@ def define_targets(rules):
             "//c10",
             "//third_party/miniz-2.1.0:miniz",
         ],
-        copts = ["-fexceptions"],
     )
 
     #