diff --git a/src/binaryen-c.cpp b/src/binaryen-c.cpp
index bce508e237c..be538ef8643 100644
--- a/src/binaryen-c.cpp
+++ b/src/binaryen-c.cpp
@@ -4617,10 +4617,6 @@ void BinaryenSetColorsEnabled(bool enabled) { Colors::setEnabled(enabled); }
 bool BinaryenAreColorsEnabled() { return Colors::isEnabled(); }
 
 #ifdef __EMSCRIPTEN__
-// Override atexit - we don't need any global ctors to actually run, and
-// otherwise we get clutter in the output in debug builds
-int atexit(void (*function)(void)) { return 0; }
-
 // Internal binaryen.js APIs
 
 // Returns the size of a Literal object.