diff --git a/src/libstd/sys/hermit/stack_overflow.rs b/src/libstd/sys/hermit/stack_overflow.rs
index 65a1b17acce9..121fe42011da 100644
--- a/src/libstd/sys/hermit/stack_overflow.rs
+++ b/src/libstd/sys/hermit/stack_overflow.rs
@@ -1,11 +1,3 @@
-pub struct Handler;
-
-impl Handler {
-    pub unsafe fn new() -> Handler {
-        Handler
-    }
-}
-
 #[inline]
 pub unsafe fn init() {}
 
diff --git a/src/libstd/sys/hermit/thread.rs b/src/libstd/sys/hermit/thread.rs
index beb02d9c8be4..c7bea168f34d 100644
--- a/src/libstd/sys/hermit/thread.rs
+++ b/src/libstd/sys/hermit/thread.rs
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@
 use crate::io;
 use crate::mem;
 use crate::sys::hermit::abi;
-use crate::sys::stack_overflow;
 use crate::time::Duration;
 use core::u32;
 
@@ -69,9 +68,6 @@ pub unsafe fn new_with_coreid(
 
         extern "C" fn thread_start(main: usize) {
             unsafe {
-                // Next, set up our stack overflow handler which may get triggered if we run
-                // out of stack.
-                let _handler = stack_overflow::Handler::new();
                 // Finally, let's run some code.
                 Box::from_raw(main as *mut Box<dyn FnOnce()>)();
             }