diff --git a/src/util.cpp b/src/util.cpp
index f85565806f2b72513d8b8634a4f0da45f82e44ff..9a6a3829934d5b18b3e4692adf679e7aba64f316 100644
--- a/src/util.cpp
+++ b/src/util.cpp
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@
 #include "userland.h"
 
 void zig_panic(const char *format, ...) {
-    abort();
     va_list ap;
     va_start(ap, format);
     vfprintf(stderr, format, ap);