diff --git a/.github/workflows/osrm-backend.yml b/.github/workflows/osrm-backend.yml
index 5264bfaff..c71d5d882 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/osrm-backend.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/osrm-backend.yml
@@ -291,7 +291,6 @@ jobs:
             BUILD_TYPE: Release
             CCOMPILER: clang-6.0
             CXXCOMPILER: clang++-6.0
-            ENABLE_GLIBC_WORKAROUND: ON
             ENABLE_CONAN: ON
             NODE_PACKAGE_TESTS_ONLY: ON
 
@@ -303,7 +302,6 @@ jobs:
             BUILD_TYPE: Debug
             CCOMPILER: clang-6.0
             CXXCOMPILER: clang++-6.0
-            ENABLE_GLIBC_WORKAROUND: ON
             ENABLE_CONAN: ON
             NODE_PACKAGE_TESTS_ONLY: ON
 
@@ -315,7 +313,6 @@ jobs:
             BUILD_TYPE: Release
             CCOMPILER: clang-6.0
             CXXCOMPILER: clang++-6.0
-            ENABLE_GLIBC_WORKAROUND: ON
             ENABLE_CONAN: ON
             NODE_PACKAGE_TESTS_ONLY: ON
 
@@ -327,7 +324,6 @@ jobs:
             BUILD_TYPE: Debug
             CCOMPILER: clang-6.0
             CXXCOMPILER: clang++-6.0
-            ENABLE_GLIBC_WORKAROUND: ON
             ENABLE_CONAN: ON
             NODE_PACKAGE_TESTS_ONLY: ON
 
@@ -340,7 +336,6 @@ jobs:
             BUILD_TYPE: Release
             CCOMPILER: clang-6.0
             CXXCOMPILER: clang++-6.0
-            ENABLE_GLIBC_WORKAROUND: ON
             ENABLE_CONAN: ON
             NODE_PACKAGE_TESTS_ONLY: ON
 
@@ -352,7 +347,6 @@ jobs:
             BUILD_TYPE: Debug
             CCOMPILER: clang-6.0
             CXXCOMPILER: clang++-6.0
-            ENABLE_GLIBC_WORKAROUND: ON
             ENABLE_CONAN: ON
             NODE_PACKAGE_TESTS_ONLY: ON
 
@@ -376,7 +370,6 @@ jobs:
             BUILD_TYPE: Release
             CCOMPILER: clang-6.0
             CXXCOMPILER: clang++-6.0
-            ENABLE_GLIBC_WORKAROUND: ON
             ENABLE_CONAN: ON
             NODE_PACKAGE_TESTS_ONLY: ON
 
@@ -388,7 +381,6 @@ jobs:
             BUILD_TYPE: Debug
             CCOMPILER: clang-6.0
             CXXCOMPILER: clang++-6.0
-            ENABLE_GLIBC_WORKAROUND: ON
             ENABLE_CONAN: ON
             NODE_PACKAGE_TESTS_ONLY: ON
 
@@ -412,7 +404,6 @@ jobs:
             BUILD_TYPE: Release
             CCOMPILER: clang-6.0
             CXXCOMPILER: clang++-6.0
-            ENABLE_GLIBC_WORKAROUND: ON
             ENABLE_CONAN: ON
             NODE_PACKAGE_TESTS_ONLY: ON
 
@@ -424,7 +415,6 @@ jobs:
             BUILD_TYPE: Debug
             CCOMPILER: clang-6.0
             CXXCOMPILER: clang++-6.0
-            ENABLE_GLIBC_WORKAROUND: ON
             ENABLE_CONAN: ON
             NODE_PACKAGE_TESTS_ONLY: ON
 
@@ -443,7 +433,6 @@ jobs:
       ENABLE_ASSERTIONS: ${{ matrix.ENABLE_ASSERTIONS }}
       ENABLE_CLANG_TIDY: ${{ matrix.ENABLE_CLANG_TIDY }}
       ENABLE_COVERAGE: ${{ matrix.ENABLE_COVERAGE }}
-      ENABLE_GLIBC_WORKAROUND: ${{ matrix.ENABLE_GLIBC_WORKAROUND }}
       ENABLE_CONAN: ${{ matrix.ENABLE_CONAN }}
       ENABLE_SANITIZER: ${{ matrix.ENABLE_SANITIZER }}
       NODE_PACKAGE_TESTS_ONLY: ${{ matrix.NODE_PACKAGE_TESTS_ONLY }}
@@ -593,8 +582,7 @@ jobs:
                  -DENABLE_SANITIZER=${ENABLE_SANITIZER:-OFF} \
                  -DBUILD_TOOLS=${BUILD_TOOLS:-OFF} \
                  -DENABLE_CCACHE=ON \
-                 -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=${OSRM_INSTALL_DIR} \
-                 -DENABLE_GLIBC_WORKAROUND=${ENABLE_GLIBC_WORKAROUND:-OFF}
+                 -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=${OSRM_INSTALL_DIR}
         make --jobs=${JOBS}
 
         if [[ "${NODE_PACKAGE_TESTS_ONLY}" != "ON" ]]; then
diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 7faf02816..b1b14a27f 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -34,7 +34,6 @@ option(ENABLE_LTO "Use LTO if available" OFF)
 option(ENABLE_FUZZING "Fuzz testing using LLVM's libFuzzer" OFF)
 option(ENABLE_GOLD_LINKER "Use GNU gold linker if available" ON)
 option(ENABLE_NODE_BINDINGS "Build NodeJs bindings" OFF)
-option(ENABLE_GLIBC_WORKAROUND "Workaround GLIBC symbol exports" OFF)
 option(ENABLE_CLANG_TIDY "Enables clang-tidy checks" OFF)
 
 if (ENABLE_CLANG_TIDY)
@@ -849,10 +848,6 @@ add_custom_target(uninstall
 add_subdirectory(unit_tests)
 add_subdirectory(src/benchmarks)
 
-if (ENABLE_GLIBC_WORKAROUND)
-    set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS} -DGLIBC_WORKAROUND")
-endif()
-
 if (ENABLE_NODE_BINDINGS)
   add_subdirectory(src/nodejs)
 endif()
diff --git a/src/util/glibc_workaround.cpp b/src/util/glibc_workaround.cpp
deleted file mode 100644
index 977f1d156..000000000
--- a/src/util/glibc_workaround.cpp
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,35 +0,0 @@
-#ifdef GLIBC_WORKAROUND
-#include <stdexcept>
-
-// https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pull/4042
-// allows building against libstdc++-dev-4.9 while avoiding
-// GLIBCXX_3.4.20 dep
-// This is needed because libstdc++ itself uses this API - its not
-// just an issue of your code using it, ughhh
-
-#pragma GCC diagnostic push
-#pragma GCC diagnostic ignored "-Wpedantic"
-#pragma GCC diagnostic ignored "-W#warnings"
-// Note: only necessary on Linux
-#ifdef __linux__
-#define _ENABLE_GLIBC_WORKAROUND
-#warning building with workaround
-#else
-#warning not building with workaround
-#endif
-#pragma GCC diagnostic pop
-
-#ifdef _ENABLE_GLIBC_WORKAROUND
-namespace std
-{
-
-void __throw_out_of_range_fmt(const char *, ...) __attribute__((__noreturn__));
-void __throw_out_of_range_fmt(const char *err, ...)
-{
-    // Safe and over-simplified version. Ignore the format and print it as-is.
-    __throw_out_of_range(err);
-}
-} // namespace std
-#endif // _ENABLE_GLIBC_WORKAROUND
-
-#endif // GLIBC_WORKAROUND
\ No newline at end of file