diff --git a/tests/testPotentialPair.c b/tests/testPotentialPair.c
index 526a7661eaf67a63ca5ce3497c5ff366ffcbed8e..0ca3d0ca9aa2adfc5d6237a668ee93c7c4daba63 100644
--- a/tests/testPotentialPair.c
+++ b/tests/testPotentialPair.c
@@ -95,11 +95,6 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
   unsigned long long cpufreq = 0;
   clocks_set_cpufreq(cpufreq);
 
-/* Choke on FPEs */
-#ifdef HAVE_FE_ENABLE_EXCEPT
-  feenableexcept(FE_DIVBYZERO | FE_INVALID | FE_OVERFLOW);
-#endif
-
   /* Initialise a few things to get us going */
 
   /* Non-truncated forces first */