diff --git a/libs/pbd/pool.cc b/libs/pbd/pool.cc
index 28981c5dd2..8f6b030a4b 100644
--- a/libs/pbd/pool.cc
+++ b/libs/pbd/pool.cc
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 
 #include "pbd/pool.h"
 #include "pbd/pthread_utils.h"
-#include "pbd/stacktrace.h"
+
 #include "pbd/error.h"
 #include "pbd/debug.h"
 #include "pbd/compose.h"
@@ -184,8 +184,7 @@ PerThreadPool::per_thread_pool ()
 {
 	CrossThreadPool* p = _key.get();
 	if (!p) {
-		PBD::stacktrace(std::cout, 100);
-		fatal << "programming error: no per-thread pool \"" << _name << "\" for thread " << pthread_name() << endmsg;
+        fatal << "programming error: no per-thread pool \"" << _name << "\" for thread " << pthread_name() << endmsg;
 		/*NOTREACHED*/
 	}
 	return p;