2 files changed, 1 insertions, 10 deletions
diff --git a/shared/runtime/pyexec.c b/shared/runtime/pyexec.c
index a305e6a5d..9dc4446ed 100644
--- a/shared/runtime/pyexec.c
+++ b/shared/runtime/pyexec.c
@@ -44,7 +44,6 @@
 #include "genhdr/mpversion.h"
 
 pyexec_mode_kind_t pyexec_mode_kind = PYEXEC_MODE_FRIENDLY_REPL;
-int pyexec_system_exit = 0;
 
 #if MICROPY_REPL_INFO
 static bool repl_display_debugging_info = 0;
@@ -74,9 +73,6 @@ static int parse_compile_execute(const void *source, mp_parse_input_kind_t input
     MICROPY_BOARD_BEFORE_PYTHON_EXEC(input_kind, exec_flags);
     #endif
 
-    // by default a SystemExit exception returns 0
-    pyexec_system_exit = 0;
-
     nlr_buf_t nlr;
     nlr.ret_val = NULL;
     if (nlr_push(&nlr) == 0) {
@@ -146,7 +142,7 @@ static int parse_compile_execute(const void *source, mp_parse_input_kind_t input
         // check for SystemExit
         if (mp_obj_is_subclass_fast(MP_OBJ_FROM_PTR(((mp_obj_base_t *)nlr.ret_val)->type), MP_OBJ_FROM_PTR(&mp_type_SystemExit))) {
             // at the moment, the value of SystemExit is unused
-            ret = pyexec_system_exit;
+            ret = PYEXEC_FORCED_EXIT;
         } else {
             mp_obj_print_exception(&mp_plat_print, MP_OBJ_FROM_PTR(nlr.ret_val));
             ret = 0;
diff --git a/shared/runtime/pyexec.h b/shared/runtime/pyexec.h
index 64c5ef943..5779d3e09 100644
--- a/shared/runtime/pyexec.h
+++ b/shared/runtime/pyexec.h
@@ -35,11 +35,6 @@ typedef enum {
 
 extern pyexec_mode_kind_t pyexec_mode_kind;
 
-// Set this to the value (eg PYEXEC_FORCED_EXIT) that will be propagated through
-// the pyexec functions if a SystemExit exception is raised by the running code.
-// It will reset to 0 at the start of each execution (eg each REPL entry).
-extern int pyexec_system_exit;
-
 #define PYEXEC_FORCED_EXIT (0x100)
 
 int pyexec_raw_repl(void);