diff --git a/include/internal/catch_interfaces_registry_hub.h b/include/internal/catch_interfaces_registry_hub.h
index f71178be..1afbbec7 100644
--- a/include/internal/catch_interfaces_registry_hub.h
+++ b/include/internal/catch_interfaces_registry_hub.h
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ namespace Catch {
         virtual void registerTest( TestCase const& testInfo ) = 0;
         virtual void registerTranslator( const IExceptionTranslator* translator ) = 0;
         virtual void registerTagAlias( std::string const& alias, std::string const& tag, SourceLineInfo const& lineInfo ) = 0;
-        virtual void registerStartupException( std::exception_ptr const& exception ) noexcept = 0;
+        virtual void registerStartupException() noexcept = 0;
     };
 
     IRegistryHub& getRegistryHub();
diff --git a/include/internal/catch_registry_hub.cpp b/include/internal/catch_registry_hub.cpp
index 01208e77..454b5e06 100644
--- a/include/internal/catch_registry_hub.cpp
+++ b/include/internal/catch_registry_hub.cpp
@@ -56,8 +56,8 @@ namespace Catch {
             void registerTagAlias( std::string const& alias, std::string const& tag, SourceLineInfo const& lineInfo ) override {
                 m_tagAliasRegistry.add( alias, tag, lineInfo );
             }
-            void registerStartupException( std::exception_ptr const& exception ) noexcept override {
-                m_exceptionRegistry.add(exception);
+            void registerStartupException() noexcept override {
+                m_exceptionRegistry.add(std::current_exception());
             }
 
         private:
diff --git a/include/internal/catch_tag_alias_autoregistrar.cpp b/include/internal/catch_tag_alias_autoregistrar.cpp
index a2f01cba..35ed059f 100644
--- a/include/internal/catch_tag_alias_autoregistrar.cpp
+++ b/include/internal/catch_tag_alias_autoregistrar.cpp
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ namespace Catch {
             getMutableRegistryHub().registerTagAlias(alias, tag, lineInfo);
         } catch (...) {
             // Do not throw when constructing global objects, instead register the exception to be processed later
-            getMutableRegistryHub().registerStartupException(std::current_exception());
+            getMutableRegistryHub().registerStartupException();
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/include/internal/catch_test_registry.cpp b/include/internal/catch_test_registry.cpp
index 28517628..2862879c 100644
--- a/include/internal/catch_test_registry.cpp
+++ b/include/internal/catch_test_registry.cpp
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ namespace Catch {
                             lineInfo));
         } catch (...) {
             // Do not throw when constructing global objects, instead register the exception to be processed later
-            getMutableRegistryHub().registerStartupException( std::current_exception() );
+            getMutableRegistryHub().registerStartupException();
         }
     }
 }