--- a/src/core/control/CrashHandlerUnix.h
+++ b/src/core/control/CrashHandlerUnix.h
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@
 #include <bitset>
 #include <fstream>  // std::ofstream
 
-#include <execinfo.h>
 #include <gtk/gtk.h>
 
 #include "util/PathUtil.h"
@@ -112,11 +111,8 @@
     void* array[100];
     char** messages;
 
-    size_t size;
+    size_t size = 0;
 
-    // get void*'s for all entries on the stack
-    size = backtrace(array, 100);
-
     time_t curtime = time(0);
     char stime[128];
     strftime(stime, sizeof(stime), "%Y%m%d-%H%M%S", localtime(&curtime));
@@ -140,15 +136,6 @@
     fp << "Gtk version " << gtk_get_major_version() << "." << gtk_get_minor_version() << "." << gtk_get_micro_version()
        << std::endl
        << std::endl;
-
-    messages = backtrace_symbols(array, size);
-
-    for (size_t i = 0; i < size; i++) {
-        fp << FORMAT_STR("[bt]: ({1}) {2}") % i % messages[i];
-        fp << "\n";
-    }
-
-    free(messages);
 
     fp << "\n\nTry to get a better stacktrace...\n";
 
--- a/src/util/Stacktrace.cpp
+++ b/src/util/Stacktrace.cpp
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@
 #else
 
 #include <dlfcn.h>     // for dladdr
-#include <execinfo.h>  // for backtrace, backtrace_symbols
 #include <unistd.h>    // for readlink, ssize_t
 
 #ifdef __APPLE__
@@ -91,13 +90,10 @@
     std::array<void*, 32> trace{};
     std::array<char, 2048> buff{};
 
-    int trace_size = backtrace(trace.data(), trace.size());
-    char** messages = backtrace_symbols(trace.data(), trace_size);
+    int trace_size = 0;
 
     // skip first stack frame (points here)
     for (unsigned int i = 1; i < trace_size; ++i) {
-        stream << "[bt] #" << i - 1 << " " << messages[i] << endl;
-
         Dl_info info;  // NOLINT(cppcoreguidelines-init-variables)
         dladdr(trace[i], &info);
 
@@ -115,7 +111,6 @@
         pclose(fProc);
     }
 
-    free(messages);
 }
 #endif