diff --git a/gtsam/base/ThreadsafeException.h b/gtsam/base/ThreadsafeException.h
index 15a76fbf1..0f7c6131d 100644
--- a/gtsam/base/ThreadsafeException.h
+++ b/gtsam/base/ThreadsafeException.h
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 
 /**
  * @file     ThreadSafeException.h
- * @brief    Base exception type that uses tbb_exception if GTSAM is compiled with TBB
+ * @brief    Base exception type that uses tbb_allocator if GTSAM is compiled with TBB
  * @author   Richard Roberts
  * @date     Aug 21, 2010
  * @addtogroup base
@@ -25,34 +25,28 @@
 #include <gtsam/dllexport.h>
 #include <string>
 #include <typeinfo>
+#include <exception>
 
 #ifdef GTSAM_USE_TBB
 #include <tbb/tbb_allocator.h>
-#include <tbb/tbb_exception.h>
 #include <tbb/scalable_allocator.h>
 #include <iostream>
 #endif
 
 namespace gtsam {
 
-/// Base exception type that uses tbb_exception if GTSAM is compiled with TBB.
+/// Base exception type that uses tbb_allocator if GTSAM is compiled with TBB.
 template<class DERIVED>
 class ThreadsafeException:
-#ifdef GTSAM_USE_TBB
-    public tbb::tbb_exception
-#else
 public std::exception
-#endif
 {
-#ifdef GTSAM_USE_TBB
 private:
-  typedef tbb::tbb_exception Base;
+  typedef std::exception Base;
+#ifdef GTSAM_USE_TBB
 protected:
   typedef std::basic_string<char, std::char_traits<char>,
       tbb::tbb_allocator<char> > String;
 #else
-private:
-  typedef std::exception Base;
 protected:
   typedef std::string String;
 #endif
@@ -82,36 +76,6 @@ protected:
   }
 
 public:
-  // Implement functions for tbb_exception
-#ifdef GTSAM_USE_TBB
-  virtual tbb::tbb_exception* move() throw () {
-    void* cloneMemory = scalable_malloc(sizeof(DERIVED));
-    if (!cloneMemory) {
-      std::cerr << "Failed allocating memory to copy thrown exception, exiting now." << std::endl;
-      exit(-1);
-    }
-    DERIVED* clone = ::new(cloneMemory) DERIVED(static_cast<DERIVED&>(*this));
-    clone->dynamic_ = true;
-    return clone;
-  }
-
-  virtual void destroy() throw () {
-    if (dynamic_) {
-      DERIVED* derivedPtr = static_cast<DERIVED*>(this);
-      derivedPtr->~DERIVED();
-      scalable_free(derivedPtr);
-    }
-  }
-
-  virtual void throw_self() {
-    throw *static_cast<DERIVED*>(this);
-  }
-
-  virtual const char* name() const throw () {
-    return typeid(DERIVED).name();
-  }
-#endif
-
   virtual const char* what() const throw () {
     return description_ ? description_->c_str() : "";
   }
diff --git a/gtsam/base/types.h b/gtsam/base/types.h
index bf3ed1bc3..d12a4209a 100644
--- a/gtsam/base/types.h
+++ b/gtsam/base/types.h
@@ -27,8 +27,9 @@
 #include <cstddef>
 #include <cstdint>
 
+#include <exception>
+
 #ifdef GTSAM_USE_TBB
-#include <tbb/tbb_exception.h>
 #include <tbb/scalable_allocator.h>
 #endif