diff --git a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/designercore/exceptions/exception.cpp b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/designercore/exceptions/exception.cpp
index 976e1bf20497af8b516ee35a4051bf2efd76b8d5..8212afcfad068758862567538221f27f54473bc7 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/designercore/exceptions/exception.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/designercore/exceptions/exception.cpp
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ const char* demangle(const char* name)
 #endif
 
 
-bool Exception::s_shouldAssert = true;
+bool Exception::s_shouldAssert = false;
 
 void Exception::setShouldAssert(bool assert)
 {