diff --git a/src/catch2/catch_message.hpp b/src/catch2/catch_message.hpp
index 05325ee8..0a738341 100644
--- a/src/catch2/catch_message.hpp
+++ b/src/catch2/catch_message.hpp
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ namespace Catch {
     do { \
         Catch::AssertionHandler catchAssertionHandler( macroName##_catch_sr, CATCH_INTERNAL_LINEINFO, Catch::StringRef(), resultDisposition ); \
         catchAssertionHandler.handleMessage( messageType, ( Catch::MessageStream() << __VA_ARGS__ + ::Catch::StreamEndStop() ).m_stream.str() ); \
-        INTERNAL_CATCH_REACT( catchAssertionHandler ) \
+        catchAssertionHandler.complete(); \
     } while( false )
 
 ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
diff --git a/src/catch2/internal/catch_test_macro_impl.hpp b/src/catch2/internal/catch_test_macro_impl.hpp
index 0d95650f..ccd5bb35 100644
--- a/src/catch2/internal/catch_test_macro_impl.hpp
+++ b/src/catch2/internal/catch_test_macro_impl.hpp
@@ -38,8 +38,6 @@
 
 #endif
 
-#define INTERNAL_CATCH_REACT( handler ) handler.complete();
-
 ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 #define INTERNAL_CATCH_TEST( macroName, resultDisposition, ... ) \
     do { /* NOLINT(bugprone-infinite-loop) */ \
@@ -52,7 +50,7 @@
             catchAssertionHandler.handleExpr( Catch::Decomposer() <= __VA_ARGS__ ); /* NOLINT(bugprone-chained-comparison) */ \
             CATCH_INTERNAL_STOP_WARNINGS_SUPPRESSION \
         } INTERNAL_CATCH_CATCH( catchAssertionHandler ) \
-        INTERNAL_CATCH_REACT( catchAssertionHandler ) \
+        catchAssertionHandler.complete(); \
     } while( (void)0, (false) && static_cast<const bool&>( !!(__VA_ARGS__) ) ) // the expression here is never evaluated at runtime but it forces the compiler to give it a look
     // The double negation silences MSVC's C4800 warning, the static_cast forces short-circuit evaluation if the type has overloaded &&.
 
@@ -80,7 +78,7 @@
         catch( ... ) { \
             catchAssertionHandler.handleUnexpectedInflightException(); \
         } \
-        INTERNAL_CATCH_REACT( catchAssertionHandler ) \
+        catchAssertionHandler.complete(); \
     } while( false )
 
 ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
@@ -101,7 +99,7 @@
             } \
         else \
             catchAssertionHandler.handleThrowingCallSkipped(); \
-        INTERNAL_CATCH_REACT( catchAssertionHandler ) \
+        catchAssertionHandler.complete(); \
     } while( false )
 
 ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
@@ -125,7 +123,7 @@
             } \
         else \
             catchAssertionHandler.handleThrowingCallSkipped(); \
-        INTERNAL_CATCH_REACT( catchAssertionHandler ) \
+        catchAssertionHandler.complete(); \
     } while( false )
 
 
@@ -149,7 +147,7 @@
             } \
         else \
             catchAssertionHandler.handleThrowingCallSkipped(); \
-        INTERNAL_CATCH_REACT( catchAssertionHandler ) \
+        catchAssertionHandler.complete(); \
     } while( false )
 
 #endif // CATCH_CONFIG_DISABLE
diff --git a/src/catch2/matchers/internal/catch_matchers_impl.hpp b/src/catch2/matchers/internal/catch_matchers_impl.hpp
index fd4aaca0..06884c4a 100644
--- a/src/catch2/matchers/internal/catch_matchers_impl.hpp
+++ b/src/catch2/matchers/internal/catch_matchers_impl.hpp
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ namespace Catch {
         INTERNAL_CATCH_TRY { \
             catchAssertionHandler.handleExpr( Catch::makeMatchExpr( arg, matcher ) ); \
         } INTERNAL_CATCH_CATCH( catchAssertionHandler ) \
-        INTERNAL_CATCH_REACT( catchAssertionHandler ) \
+        catchAssertionHandler.complete(); \
     } while( false )
 
 
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ namespace Catch {
             } \
         else \
             catchAssertionHandler.handleThrowingCallSkipped(); \
-        INTERNAL_CATCH_REACT( catchAssertionHandler ) \
+        catchAssertionHandler.complete(); \
     } while( false )