diff --git a/include/internal/catch_assertionhandler.cpp b/include/internal/catch_assertionhandler.cpp
index 3465269f..60f97617 100644
--- a/include/internal/catch_assertionhandler.cpp
+++ b/include/internal/catch_assertionhandler.cpp
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ namespace Catch {
         getCurrentContext().getResultCapture()->assertionStarting( m_assertionInfo );
     }
     AssertionHandler::~AssertionHandler() {
-        if ( m_inExceptionGuard ) {
+        if ( !m_handled ) {
             handle( ResultWas::ThrewException, "Exception translation was disabled by CATCH_CONFIG_FAST_COMPILE" );
             getCurrentContext().getResultCapture()->exceptionEarlyReported();
         }
@@ -76,6 +76,7 @@ namespace Catch {
         {
             getCurrentContext().getResultCapture()->assertionRun();
             getCurrentContext().getResultCapture()->assertionPassed();
+            m_handled = true;
             return;
         }
 
@@ -95,6 +96,7 @@ namespace Catch {
     }
     void AssertionHandler::handle( AssertionResultData const& resultData, ITransientExpression const* expr ) {
 
+        m_handled = true;
         getResultCapture().assertionRun();
 
         AssertionResult assertionResult{ m_assertionInfo, resultData };
@@ -136,15 +138,6 @@ namespace Catch {
         handle( ResultWas::ThrewException, Catch::translateActiveException() );
     }
 
-    void AssertionHandler::setExceptionGuard() {
-        assert( m_inExceptionGuard == false );
-        m_inExceptionGuard = true;
-    }
-    void AssertionHandler::unsetExceptionGuard() {
-        assert( m_inExceptionGuard == true );
-        m_inExceptionGuard = false;
-    }
-
     // This is the overload that takes a string and infers the Equals matcher from it
     // The more general overload, that takes any string matcher, is in catch_capture_matchers.cpp
     void handleExceptionMatchExpr( AssertionHandler& handler, std::string const& str, StringRef matcherString  ) {
diff --git a/include/internal/catch_assertionhandler.h b/include/internal/catch_assertionhandler.h
index 9fdbee4f..a800af5c 100644
--- a/include/internal/catch_assertionhandler.h
+++ b/include/internal/catch_assertionhandler.h
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ namespace Catch {
         AssertionInfo m_assertionInfo;
         bool m_shouldDebugBreak = false;
         bool m_shouldThrow = false;
-        bool m_inExceptionGuard = false;
+        bool m_handled = false;
 
     public:
         AssertionHandler
@@ -62,8 +62,6 @@ namespace Catch {
         void reactWithDebugBreak() const;
         void reactWithoutDebugBreak() const;
         void useActiveException();
-        void setExceptionGuard();
-        void unsetExceptionGuard();
     };
 
     void handleExceptionMatchExpr( AssertionHandler& handler, std::string const& str, StringRef matcherString );
diff --git a/include/internal/catch_capture.hpp b/include/internal/catch_capture.hpp
index e0613487..d7c322ba 100644
--- a/include/internal/catch_capture.hpp
+++ b/include/internal/catch_capture.hpp
@@ -34,8 +34,8 @@
 // macros.
 // This can potentially cause false negative, if the test code catches
 // the exception before it propagates back up to the runner.
-#define INTERNAL_CATCH_TRY( capturer ) capturer.setExceptionGuard();
-#define INTERNAL_CATCH_CATCH( capturer ) capturer.unsetExceptionGuard();
+#define INTERNAL_CATCH_TRY
+#define INTERNAL_CATCH_CATCH( capturer )
 
 #else // CATCH_CONFIG_FAST_COMPILE
 
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@
     if( handler.shouldDebugBreak() ) CATCH_BREAK_INTO_DEBUGGER(); \
     handler.reactWithoutDebugBreak();
 
-#define INTERNAL_CATCH_TRY( capturer ) try
+#define INTERNAL_CATCH_TRY try
 #define INTERNAL_CATCH_CATCH( capturer ) catch(...) { capturer.useActiveException(); }
 
 #endif
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@
 #define INTERNAL_CATCH_TEST( macroName, resultDisposition, ... ) \
     do { \
         Catch::AssertionHandler catchAssertionHandler( macroName, CATCH_INTERNAL_LINEINFO, CATCH_INTERNAL_STRINGIFY(__VA_ARGS__), resultDisposition ); \
-        INTERNAL_CATCH_TRY( catchAssertionHandler ) { \
+        INTERNAL_CATCH_TRY { \
             CATCH_INTERNAL_SUPPRESS_PARENTHESES_WARNINGS \
             catchAssertionHandler.handle( Catch::Decomposer() <= __VA_ARGS__ ); \
             CATCH_INTERNAL_UNSUPPRESS_PARENTHESES_WARNINGS \
diff --git a/include/internal/catch_capture_matchers.h b/include/internal/catch_capture_matchers.h
index cce61747..9cbcb21d 100644
--- a/include/internal/catch_capture_matchers.h
+++ b/include/internal/catch_capture_matchers.h
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ namespace Catch {
 #define INTERNAL_CHECK_THAT( macroName, matcher, resultDisposition, arg ) \
     do { \
         Catch::AssertionHandler catchAssertionHandler( macroName, CATCH_INTERNAL_LINEINFO, CATCH_INTERNAL_STRINGIFY(arg) ", " CATCH_INTERNAL_STRINGIFY(matcher), resultDisposition ); \
-        INTERNAL_CATCH_TRY( catchAssertionHandler ) { \
+        INTERNAL_CATCH_TRY { \
             catchAssertionHandler.handle( Catch::makeMatchExpr( arg, matcher, #matcher ) ); \
         } INTERNAL_CATCH_CATCH( catchAssertionHandler ) \
         INTERNAL_CATCH_REACT( catchAssertionHandler ) \