diff --git a/src/posix/cocoa/i_system.mm b/src/posix/cocoa/i_system.mm
index 870d4b8bb..e40202fc3 100644
--- a/src/posix/cocoa/i_system.mm
+++ b/src/posix/cocoa/i_system.mm
@@ -173,7 +173,6 @@ void I_FatalError(const char* const error, ...)
 
 }
 
-extern thread_local int jit_frames;
 void I_Error (const char *error, ...)
 {
 	va_list argptr;
@@ -181,17 +180,9 @@ void I_Error (const char *error, ...)
 
 	va_start(argptr, error);
 
-	if (jit_frames == 0)
-	{
-		vsprintf (errortext, error, argptr);
-		va_end (argptr);
-		throw CRecoverableError(errortext);
-	}
-	else
-	{
-		I_FatalError(error, argptr);
-		va_end(argptr);
-	}
+	vsprintf (errortext, error, argptr);
+	va_end (argptr);
+	throw CRecoverableError(errortext);
 }
 
 
diff --git a/src/posix/sdl/i_system.cpp b/src/posix/sdl/i_system.cpp
index 2a9c7ffc0..9f4797926 100644
--- a/src/posix/sdl/i_system.cpp
+++ b/src/posix/sdl/i_system.cpp
@@ -220,7 +220,6 @@ void I_FatalError(const char* const error, ...)
 
 }
 
-extern thread_local int jit_frames;
 void I_Error (const char *error, ...)
 {
 	va_list argptr;
@@ -228,17 +227,9 @@ void I_Error (const char *error, ...)
 
 	va_start(argptr, error);
 
-	if (jit_frames == 0)
-	{
-		vsprintf (errortext, error, argptr);
-		va_end (argptr);
-		throw CRecoverableError(errortext);
-	}
-	else
-	{
-		I_FatalError(error, argptr);
-		va_end(argptr);
-	}
+	vsprintf (errortext, error, argptr);
+	va_end (argptr);
+	throw CRecoverableError(errortext);
 }
 
 void I_SetIWADInfo ()
diff --git a/src/scripting/vm/vmframe.cpp b/src/scripting/vm/vmframe.cpp
index f5ccc25b2..66af710f2 100644
--- a/src/scripting/vm/vmframe.cpp
+++ b/src/scripting/vm/vmframe.cpp
@@ -58,17 +58,6 @@ CUSTOM_CVAR(Bool, vm_jit, true, CVAR_NOINITCALL)
 CVAR(Bool, vm_jit, false, CVAR_NOINITCALL|CVAR_NOSET)
 #endif
 
-// On Windows we can rely on the system's unwinder to deal with JITed code.
-// On Linux we can not and need to be able to tell the error management that we have some JITed code in the call chain.
-#ifdef _WIN32
-inline void beginVM() { }
-inline void endVM() { }
-#else
-thread_local int jit_frames;
-inline void beginVM() { if (vm_jit) jit_frames++; }
-inline void endVM() { if (vm_jit) jit_frames--; }
-#endif
-
 cycle_t VMCycles[10];
 int VMCalls[10];
 
@@ -581,9 +570,7 @@ int VMCall(VMFunction *func, VMValue *params, int numparams, VMReturn *results,
 				VMCycles[0].Clock();
 
 				auto sfunc = static_cast<VMScriptFunction *>(func);
-				beginVM();
 				int numret = sfunc->ScriptCall(sfunc, params, numparams, results, numresults);
-				endVM();
 				VMCycles[0].Unclock();
 				return numret;
 			}
@@ -702,15 +689,6 @@ void ThrowAbortException(VMScriptFunction *sfunc, VMOP *line, EVMAbortException
 
 	CVMAbortException err(reason, moreinfo, ap);
 
-#ifndef _WIN32)
-
-	// Without a usable unwinder, aborting is the only real option here. :(
-	if (jit_frames)
-	{
-		I_FatalError("VM error: %s", err.what());
-	}
-#endif
-
 	err.stacktrace.AppendFormat("Called from %s at %s, line %d\n", sfunc->PrintableName.GetChars(), sfunc->SourceFileName.GetChars(), sfunc->PCToLine(line));
 	throw err;
 	va_end(ap);
diff --git a/src/v_text.cpp b/src/v_text.cpp
index 2eae3e9f3..9f6e41161 100644
--- a/src/v_text.cpp
+++ b/src/v_text.cpp
@@ -506,6 +506,7 @@ DEFINE_ACTION_FUNCTION(DBrokenLines, StringWidth)
 
 DEFINE_ACTION_FUNCTION(DBrokenLines, StringAt)
 {
+
 	PARAM_SELF_PROLOGUE(DBrokenLines);
 	PARAM_INT(index);
 	ACTION_RETURN_STRING((unsigned)index >= self->mBroken.Size() ? -1 : self->mBroken[index].Text);