diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 0152f40..8223e41 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -88,8 +88,6 @@ if (WIN32)
 	set(xournalpp_LDFLAGS ${xournalpp_LDFLAGS} "-mwindows")
 	# Need ImageMagick to generate icons on Windows
 	find_package(ImageMagick REQUIRED COMPONENTS convert)
-else ()
-	find_package(Backtrace REQUIRED)
 endif ()
 
 # GLIB
diff --git a/src/util/CrashHandlerUnix.h b/src/util/CrashHandlerUnix.h
index ce20ea5..bbbf654 100644
--- a/src/util/CrashHandlerUnix.h
+++ b/src/util/CrashHandlerUnix.h
@@ -11,8 +11,6 @@
 
 #include <fstream>  // std::ofstream
 
-#include <execinfo.h>
-
 #include "PathUtil.h"
 using std::ofstream;
 
@@ -62,12 +60,6 @@ static void crashHandler(int sig) {
 
     time_t lt;
     void* array[100];
-    char** messages;
-
-    size_t size;
-
-    // get void*'s for all entries on the stack
-    size = backtrace(array, 100);
 
     time_t curtime = time(0);
     char stime[128];
@@ -84,19 +76,8 @@ static void crashHandler(int sig) {
     fp << FORMAT_STR("Error: signal {1}") % sig;
     fp << "\n";
 
-    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 stracktrace...\n";
 
-    Stacktrace::printStracktrace(fp);
-
     if (fp) {
         fp.close();
     }
diff --git a/src/util/Stacktrace.cpp b/src/util/Stacktrace.cpp
index 7f3da85..a7230d3 100644
--- a/src/util/Stacktrace.cpp
+++ b/src/util/Stacktrace.cpp
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@
 #include <Windows.h>
 #else
 
-#include <execinfo.h>
 #include <unistd.h>
 #endif
 
@@ -76,14 +75,12 @@ void Stacktrace::printStracktrace(std::ostream& stream) {
     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;
 
     std::string exeName = getExePath();
 
     // skip first stack frame (points here)
     for (int i = 1; i < trace_size; ++i) {
-        stream << "[bt] #" << i << " " << messages[i] << endl;
 
         std::array<char, 1024> syscom{};