diff --git a/Modules/config.c.in b/Modules/config.c.in
index 8c25eea2e94..e9c54a9bdbe 100644
--- a/Modules/config.c.in
+++ b/Modules/config.c.in
@@ -50,7 +50,6 @@ struct _inittab _PyImport_Inittab[] = {
 	{"__main__", NULL},
 	{"__builtin__", NULL},
 	{"sys", NULL},
-	{"exceptions", NULL},
 
 	/* This lives in gcmodule.c */
 	{"gc", initgc},
@@ -63,4 +62,3 @@ struct _inittab _PyImport_Inittab[] = {
 #ifdef __cplusplus
 }
 #endif
-