diff --git a/samba/include/config.h b/samba/include/config.h
index b99c4d5..dd85ee4 100644
--- a/samba/include/config.h
+++ b/samba/include/config.h
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@
 /* #define HAVE_ATTR_XATTR_H 1 */
 
 /* Define to 1 if you have the `backtrace' function. */
-#define HAVE_BACKTRACE 1
+#define HAVE_BACKTRACE 0
 
 /* Define to 1 if you have the <blkid/blkid.h> header file. */
 /* #undef HAVE_BLKID_BLKID_H */
diff --git a/samba/include/config_tmp.h b/samba/include/config_tmp.h
index e85cb77..9c7e93c 100644
--- a/samba/include/config_tmp.h
+++ b/samba/include/config_tmp.h
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@
 #define HAVE_ATTR_XATTR_H 1
 
 /* Define to 1 if you have the `backtrace' function. */
-#define HAVE_BACKTRACE 1
+#define HAVE_BACKTRACE 0
 
 /* Define to 1 if you have the <blkid/blkid.h> header file. */
 /* #undef HAVE_BLKID_BLKID_H */
diff --git a/samba/lib/util/fault.c b/samba/lib/util/fault.c
index c7d6b7e..a9cdabb 100644
--- a/samba/lib/util/fault.c
+++ b/samba/lib/util/fault.c
@@ -36,83 +36,6 @@ static struct {
 
 static const char *progname;
 
-#ifdef HAVE_BACKTRACE
-#include <execinfo.h>
-#elif HAVE_LIBEXC_H
-#include <libexc.h>
-#endif
-
-/**
- * Write backtrace to debug log
- */
-_PUBLIC_ void call_backtrace(void)
-{
-#ifdef HAVE_BACKTRACE
-#ifndef BACKTRACE_STACK_SIZE
-#define BACKTRACE_STACK_SIZE 64
-#endif
-	void *backtrace_stack[BACKTRACE_STACK_SIZE];
-	size_t backtrace_size;
-	char **backtrace_strings;
-
-	/* get the backtrace (stack frames) */
-	backtrace_size = backtrace(backtrace_stack,BACKTRACE_STACK_SIZE);
-	backtrace_strings = backtrace_symbols(backtrace_stack, backtrace_size);
-
-	DEBUG(0, ("BACKTRACE: %lu stack frames:\n", 
-		  (unsigned long)backtrace_size));
-	
-	if (backtrace_strings) {
-		int i;
-
-		for (i = 0; i < backtrace_size; i++)
-			DEBUGADD(0, (" #%u %s\n", i, backtrace_strings[i]));
-
-		/* Leak the backtrace_strings, rather than risk what free() might do */
-	}
-
-#elif HAVE_LIBEXC
-
-#define NAMESIZE 32 /* Arbitrary */
-#ifndef BACKTRACE_STACK_SIZE
-#define BACKTRACE_STACK_SIZE 64
-#endif
-
-	/* The IRIX libexc library provides an API for unwinding the stack. See
-	 * libexc(3) for details. Apparantly trace_back_stack leaks memory, but
-	 * since we are about to abort anyway, it hardly matters.
-	 *
-	 * Note that if we paniced due to a SIGSEGV or SIGBUS (or similar) this
-	 * will fail with a nasty message upon failing to open the /proc entry.
-	 */
-	{
-		uint64_t	addrs[BACKTRACE_STACK_SIZE];
-		char *      	names[BACKTRACE_STACK_SIZE];
-		char		namebuf[BACKTRACE_STACK_SIZE * NAMESIZE];
-
-		int		i;
-		int		levels;
-
-		ZERO_ARRAY(addrs);
-		ZERO_ARRAY(names);
-		ZERO_ARRAY(namebuf);
-
-		for (i = 0; i < BACKTRACE_STACK_SIZE; i++) {
-			names[i] = namebuf + (i * NAMESIZE);
-		}
-
-		levels = trace_back_stack(0, addrs, names,
-				BACKTRACE_STACK_SIZE, NAMESIZE);
-
-		DEBUG(0, ("BACKTRACE: %d stack frames:\n", levels));
-		for (i = 0; i < levels; i++) {
-			DEBUGADD(0, (" #%d 0x%llx %s\n", i, addrs[i], names[i]));
-		}
-     }
-#undef NAMESIZE
-#endif
-}
-
 _PUBLIC_ const char *panic_action = NULL;
 
 /**
@@ -143,8 +66,6 @@ _PUBLIC_ void smb_panic(const char *why)
 	}
 	DEBUG(0,("PANIC: %s\n", why));
 
-	call_backtrace();
-
 #ifdef SIGABRT
 	CatchSignal(SIGABRT,SIGNAL_CAST SIG_DFL);
 #endif
diff --git a/samba/lib/util/util_proto.h b/samba/lib/util/util_proto.h
index efc787f..bb48f46 100644
--- a/samba/lib/util/util_proto.h
+++ b/samba/lib/util/util_proto.h
@@ -44,7 +44,6 @@ _PUBLIC_ void register_debug_handlers(const char *name, struct debug_ops *ops);
 
 /* The following definitions come from lib/util/fault.c  */
 
-_PUBLIC_ void call_backtrace(void);
 _PUBLIC_ void smb_panic(const char *why);
 _PUBLIC_ void fault_setup(const char *pname);
 _PUBLIC_ BOOL register_fault_handler(const char *name, void (*fault_handler)(int sig));