diff --git a/include/internal/catch_assertionhandler.cpp b/include/internal/catch_assertionhandler.cpp
index 1b7e1346..fe8e32a0 100644
--- a/include/internal/catch_assertionhandler.cpp
+++ b/include/internal/catch_assertionhandler.cpp
@@ -90,6 +90,9 @@ namespace Catch {
     void AssertionHandler::handle( ResultWas::OfType resultType ) {
         handle( resultType, nullptr, false );
     }
+    auto AssertionHandler::allowThrows() const -> bool {
+        return getCurrentContext().getConfig()->allowThrows();
+    }
 
     auto AssertionHandler::shouldDebugBreak() const -> bool {
         return m_shouldDebugBreak;
diff --git a/include/internal/catch_assertionhandler.h b/include/internal/catch_assertionhandler.h
index 0c8b020b..6e140e44 100644
--- a/include/internal/catch_assertionhandler.h
+++ b/include/internal/catch_assertionhandler.h
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@ namespace Catch {
         void handle( AssertionResultData const& resultData, ITransientExpression const* expr );
 
         auto shouldDebugBreak() const -> bool;
+        auto allowThrows() const -> bool;
         void reactWithDebugBreak() const;
         void reactWithoutDebugBreak() const;
         void useActiveException( ResultDisposition::Flags resultDisposition );
diff --git a/include/internal/catch_capture.hpp b/include/internal/catch_capture.hpp
index 9510d7a5..68859412 100644
--- a/include/internal/catch_capture.hpp
+++ b/include/internal/catch_capture.hpp
@@ -112,21 +112,21 @@
 ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 #define INTERNAL_CATCH_THROWS_AS( macroName, exceptionType, resultDisposition, expr ) \
     do { \
-        Catch::ResultBuilder __catchResult( macroName, CATCH_INTERNAL_LINEINFO, #expr ", " #exceptionType, resultDisposition ); \
-        if( __catchResult.allowThrows() ) \
+        Catch::AssertionHandler catchAssertionHandler( macroName, CATCH_INTERNAL_LINEINFO, #expr ", " #exceptionType, resultDisposition ); \
+        if( catchAssertionHandler.allowThrows() ) \
             try { \
                 static_cast<void>(expr); \
-                __catchResult.captureResult( Catch::ResultWas::DidntThrowException ); \
+                catchAssertionHandler.handle( Catch::ResultWas::DidntThrowException ); \
             } \
             catch( exceptionType const& ) { \
-                __catchResult.captureResult( Catch::ResultWas::Ok ); \
+                catchAssertionHandler.handle( Catch::ResultWas::Ok ); \
             } \
             catch( ... ) { \
-                __catchResult.useActiveException( resultDisposition ); \
+                catchAssertionHandler.useActiveException(); \
             } \
         else \
-            __catchResult.captureResult( Catch::ResultWas::Ok ); \
-        INTERNAL_CATCH_REACT( __catchResult ) \
+            catchAssertionHandler.handle( Catch::ResultWas::Ok ); \
+        INTERNAL_CATCH_REACT2( catchAssertionHandler ) \
     } while( Catch::alwaysFalse() )