diff --git a/Lib/ctypes/test/test_structures.py b/Lib/ctypes/test/test_structures.py
index 097e1da..389f937 100644
--- a/Lib/ctypes/test/test_structures.py
+++ b/Lib/ctypes/test/test_structures.py
@@ -294,20 +294,20 @@
         # In Python 2.5, Exception is a new-style class, and the repr changed
         if issubclass(Exception, object):
             self.failUnlessEqual(msg,
-                                 "(Phone) <type 'exceptions.TypeError'>: "
+                                 "(Phone) <type 'TypeError'>: "
                                  "expected string or Unicode object, int found")
         else:
             self.failUnlessEqual(msg,
-                                 "(Phone) exceptions.TypeError: "
+                                 "(Phone) TypeError: "
                                  "expected string or Unicode object, int found")
 
         cls, msg = self.get_except(Person, "Someone", ("a", "b", "c"))
         self.failUnlessEqual(cls, RuntimeError)
         if issubclass(Exception, object):
             self.failUnlessEqual(msg,
-                                 "(Phone) <type 'exceptions.ValueError'>: too many initializers")
+                                 "(Phone) <type 'ValueError'>: too many initializers")
         else:
-            self.failUnlessEqual(msg, "(Phone) exceptions.ValueError: too many initializers")
+            self.failUnlessEqual(msg, "(Phone) ValueError: too many initializers")
 
 
     def get_except(self, func, *args):
diff --git a/Lib/test/output/test_logging b/Lib/test/output/test_logging
index c0d6e06..ebf40c5 100644
--- a/Lib/test/output/test_logging
+++ b/Lib/test/output/test_logging
@@ -488,12 +488,12 @@
 -- log_test4  begin  ---------------------------------------------------
 config0: ok.
 config1: ok.
-config2: <type 'exceptions.AttributeError'>
-config3: <type 'exceptions.KeyError'>
+config2: <type 'AttributeError'>
+config3: <type 'KeyError'>
 -- log_test4  end    ---------------------------------------------------
 -- log_test5  begin  ---------------------------------------------------
 ERROR:root:just testing
-<type 'exceptions.KeyError'>... Don't panic!
+<type 'KeyError'>... Don't panic!
 -- log_test5  end    ---------------------------------------------------
 -- logrecv output begin  ---------------------------------------------------
 ERR -> CRITICAL: Message 0 (via logrecv.tcp.ERR)
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_exceptions.py b/Lib/test/test_exceptions.py
index 4891f4b..0ff3b10 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_exceptions.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_exceptions.py
@@ -15,15 +15,6 @@
 
 class ExceptionTests(unittest.TestCase):
 
-    def testReload(self):
-        # Reloading the built-in exceptions module failed prior to Py2.2, while it
-        # should act the same as reloading built-in sys.
-        try:
-            import exceptions
-            reload(exceptions)
-        except ImportError as e:
-            self.fail("reloading exceptions: %s" % e)
-
     def raise_catch(self, exc, excname):
         try:
             raise exc, "spam"
@@ -289,7 +280,7 @@
                 if type(e) is not exc:
                     raise
                 # Verify module name
-                self.assertEquals(type(e).__module__, 'exceptions')
+                self.assertEquals(type(e).__module__, '__builtin__')
                 # Verify no ref leaks in Exc_str()
                 s = str(e)
                 for checkArgName in expected:
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_generators.py b/Lib/test/test_generators.py
index edfcb65..7999034 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_generators.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_generators.py
@@ -1691,7 +1691,7 @@
 >>> g.next()
 >>> del g
 >>> sys.stderr.getvalue().startswith(
-...     "Exception exceptions.RuntimeError: 'generator ignored GeneratorExit' in "
+...     "Exception RuntimeError: 'generator ignored GeneratorExit' in "
 ... )
 True
 >>> sys.stderr = old
@@ -1808,7 +1808,7 @@
 ...     del l
 ...     err = sys.stderr.getvalue().strip()
 ...     err.startswith(
-...         "Exception exceptions.RuntimeError: RuntimeError() in <"
+...         "Exception RuntimeError: RuntimeError() in <"
 ...     )
 ...     err.endswith("> ignored")
 ...     len(err.splitlines())
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_modulefinder.py b/Lib/test/test_modulefinder.py
index 7da241b..3bc22ab 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_modulefinder.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_modulefinder.py
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@
     "a.module",
     ["a", "a.module",
      "b", "b.x", "b.y", "b.z",
-     "__future__", "sys", "exceptions"],
+     "__future__", "sys", "gc"],
     ["blahblah", "z"], [],
     """\
 mymodule.py
@@ -96,11 +96,11 @@
                                 from __future__ import absolute_import
                                 import sys # sys
                                 import blahblah # fails
-                                import exceptions # exceptions
+                                import gc # gc
                                 import b.x # b.x
                                 from b import y # b.y
                                 from b.z import * # b.z.*
-a/exceptions.py
+a/gc.py
 a/sys.py
                                 import mymodule
 a/b/__init__.py
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@
      "a.b.c", "a.b.c.moduleC",
      "a.b.c.d", "a.b.c.e",
      "a.b.x",
-     "exceptions"],
+     "gc"],
     [], [],
     """\
 mymodule.py
@@ -131,8 +131,8 @@
                                 from .b import y, z # a.b.y, a.b.z
 a/module.py
                                 from __future__ import absolute_import # __future__
-                                import exceptions # exceptions
-a/exceptions.py
+                                import gc # gc
+a/gc.py
 a/sys.py
 a/b/__init__.py
                                 from ..b import x # a.b.x
@@ -170,7 +170,7 @@
 a/another.py
 a/module.py
                                 from .b import y, z # a.b.y, a.b.z
-a/exceptions.py
+a/gc.py
 a/sys.py
 a/b/__init__.py
                                 from .c import moduleC # a.b.c.moduleC
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_weakref.py b/Lib/test/test_weakref.py
index 642af10..46dd5ff 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_weakref.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_weakref.py
@@ -104,9 +104,9 @@
         def check(proxy):
             proxy.bar
 
-        self.assertRaises(weakref.ReferenceError, check, ref1)
-        self.assertRaises(weakref.ReferenceError, check, ref2)
-        self.assertRaises(weakref.ReferenceError, bool, weakref.proxy(C()))
+        self.assertRaises(ReferenceError, check, ref1)
+        self.assertRaises(ReferenceError, check, ref2)
+        self.assertRaises(ReferenceError, bool, weakref.proxy(C()))
         self.assert_(self.cbcalled == 2)
 
     def check_basic_ref(self, factory):
diff --git a/Lib/traceback.py b/Lib/traceback.py
index e395ad7..a0d2dcc 100644
--- a/Lib/traceback.py
+++ b/Lib/traceback.py
@@ -169,7 +169,7 @@
 
     stype = etype.__name__
     smod = etype.__module__
-    if smod not in ("exceptions", "__main__", "__builtin__"):
+    if smod not in ("__main__", "__builtin__"):
         stype = smod + '.' + stype
 
     if not issubclass(etype, SyntaxError):
diff --git a/Lib/weakref.py b/Lib/weakref.py
index c20d1b6..33896f5 100644
--- a/Lib/weakref.py
+++ b/Lib/weakref.py
@@ -20,8 +20,6 @@
      ProxyType,
      ReferenceType)
 
-from exceptions import ReferenceError
-
 
 ProxyTypes = (ProxyType, CallableProxyType)
 
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index 8ffbe45..ed921e7 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -28,6 +28,8 @@
 Core and Builtins
 -----------------
 
+- Remove the exceptions module, all the exceptions are already builtin.
+
 - input() becomes raw_input(): the name input() now implements the
   functionality formerly known as raw_input(); the name raw_input()
   is no longer defined.
diff --git a/Objects/exceptions.c b/Objects/exceptions.c
index 402bcec..cea41f8 100644
--- a/Objects/exceptions.c
+++ b/Objects/exceptions.c
@@ -10,20 +10,11 @@
 #include "osdefs.h"
 
 #define MAKE_IT_NONE(x) (x) = Py_None; Py_INCREF(Py_None);
-#define EXC_MODULE_NAME "exceptions."
 
 /* NOTE: If the exception class hierarchy changes, don't forget to update
  * Lib/test/exception_hierarchy.txt
  */
 
-PyDoc_STRVAR(exceptions_doc, "Python's standard exception class hierarchy.\n\
-\n\
-Exceptions found here are defined both in the exceptions module and the\n\
-built-in namespace.  It is recommended that user-defined exceptions\n\
-inherit from Exception.  See the documentation for the exception\n\
-inheritance hierarchy.\n\
-");
-
 /*
  *    BaseException
  */
@@ -282,7 +273,7 @@
 static PyTypeObject _PyExc_BaseException = {
     PyObject_HEAD_INIT(NULL)
     0,                          /*ob_size*/
-    EXC_MODULE_NAME "BaseException", /*tp_name*/
+    "BaseException", /*tp_name*/
     sizeof(PyBaseExceptionObject), /*tp_basicsize*/
     0,                          /*tp_itemsize*/
     (destructor)BaseException_dealloc, /*tp_dealloc*/
@@ -333,7 +324,7 @@
 static PyTypeObject _PyExc_ ## EXCNAME = { \
     PyObject_HEAD_INIT(NULL) \
     0, \
-    EXC_MODULE_NAME # EXCNAME, \
+    # EXCNAME, \
     sizeof(PyBaseExceptionObject), \
     0, (destructor)BaseException_dealloc, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, \
     0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, \
@@ -349,7 +340,7 @@
 static PyTypeObject _PyExc_ ## EXCNAME = { \
     PyObject_HEAD_INIT(NULL) \
     0, \
-    EXC_MODULE_NAME # EXCNAME, \
+    # EXCNAME, \
     sizeof(Py ## EXCSTORE ## Object), \
     0, (destructor)EXCSTORE ## _dealloc, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, \
     0, 0, 0, 0, 0, \
@@ -365,7 +356,7 @@
 static PyTypeObject _PyExc_ ## EXCNAME = { \
     PyObject_HEAD_INIT(NULL) \
     0, \
-    EXC_MODULE_NAME # EXCNAME, \
+    # EXCNAME, \
     sizeof(Py ## EXCSTORE ## Object), 0, \
     (destructor)EXCSTORE ## _dealloc, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, \
     (reprfunc)EXCSTR, 0, 0, 0, \
@@ -1632,7 +1623,7 @@
 static PyTypeObject _PyExc_UnicodeEncodeError = {
     PyObject_HEAD_INIT(NULL)
     0,
-    EXC_MODULE_NAME "UnicodeEncodeError",
+    "UnicodeEncodeError",
     sizeof(PyUnicodeErrorObject), 0,
     (destructor)UnicodeError_dealloc, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0,
     (reprfunc)UnicodeEncodeError_str, 0, 0, 0,
@@ -1704,7 +1695,7 @@
 static PyTypeObject _PyExc_UnicodeDecodeError = {
     PyObject_HEAD_INIT(NULL)
     0,
-    EXC_MODULE_NAME "UnicodeDecodeError",
+    "UnicodeDecodeError",
     sizeof(PyUnicodeErrorObject), 0,
     (destructor)UnicodeError_dealloc, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0,
     (reprfunc)UnicodeDecodeError_str, 0, 0, 0,
@@ -1802,7 +1793,7 @@
 static PyTypeObject _PyExc_UnicodeTranslateError = {
     PyObject_HEAD_INIT(NULL)
     0,
-    EXC_MODULE_NAME "UnicodeTranslateError",
+    "UnicodeTranslateError",
     sizeof(PyUnicodeErrorObject), 0,
     (destructor)UnicodeError_dealloc, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0,
     (reprfunc)UnicodeTranslateError_str, 0, 0, 0,
@@ -1956,17 +1947,10 @@
  */
 PyObject *PyExc_MemoryErrorInst=NULL;
 
-/* module global functions */
-static PyMethodDef functions[] = {
-    /* Sentinel */
-    {NULL, NULL}
-};
-
 #define PRE_INIT(TYPE) if (PyType_Ready(&_PyExc_ ## TYPE) < 0) \
     Py_FatalError("exceptions bootstrapping error.");
 
 #define POST_INIT(TYPE) Py_INCREF(PyExc_ ## TYPE); \
-    PyModule_AddObject(m, # TYPE, PyExc_ ## TYPE); \
     if (PyDict_SetItemString(bdict, # TYPE, PyExc_ ## TYPE)) \
         Py_FatalError("Module dictionary insertion problem.");
 
@@ -1996,7 +1980,7 @@
 PyMODINIT_FUNC
 _PyExc_Init(void)
 {
-    PyObject *m, *bltinmod, *bdict;
+    PyObject *bltinmod, *bdict;
 
     PRE_INIT(BaseException)
     PRE_INIT(Exception)
@@ -2053,10 +2037,6 @@
     PRE_INIT(ImportWarning)
     PRE_INIT(UnicodeWarning)
 
-    m = Py_InitModule4("exceptions", functions, exceptions_doc,
-        (PyObject *)NULL, PYTHON_API_VERSION);
-    if (m == NULL) return;
-
     bltinmod = PyImport_ImportModule("__builtin__");
     if (bltinmod == NULL)
         Py_FatalError("exceptions bootstrapping error.");
diff --git a/PC/config.c b/PC/config.c
index a9a280d..1d142b56 100644
--- a/PC/config.c
+++ b/PC/config.c
@@ -161,7 +161,6 @@
         {"__main__", NULL},
         {"__builtin__", NULL},
         {"sys", NULL},
-	{"exceptions", NULL},
         
         {"_types", init_types},
 
diff --git a/PC/os2emx/config.c b/PC/os2emx/config.c
index 696c3bb..07c1783 100644
--- a/PC/os2emx/config.c
+++ b/PC/os2emx/config.c
@@ -172,7 +172,6 @@
 	{"__main__", NULL},
 	{"__builtin__", NULL},
 	{"sys", NULL},
-	{"exceptions", NULL},
 
 	/* This lives in gcmodule.c */
 	{"gc", initgc},
diff --git a/Python/errors.c b/Python/errors.c
index 0e565c1..e00d3ec 100644
--- a/Python/errors.c
+++ b/Python/errors.c
@@ -612,7 +612,8 @@
 				PyFile_WriteString("<unknown>", f);
 			else {
 				char* modstr = PyString_AsString(moduleName);
-				if (modstr)
+				if (modstr &&
+				    strcmp(modstr, "__builtin__") != 0)
 				{
 					PyFile_WriteString(modstr, f);
 					PyFile_WriteString(".", f);
diff --git a/Python/pythonrun.c b/Python/pythonrun.c
index ec1bc42..7501456 100644
--- a/Python/pythonrun.c
+++ b/Python/pythonrun.c
@@ -221,7 +221,6 @@
 
 	/* initialize builtin exceptions */
 	_PyExc_Init();
-	_PyImport_FixupExtension("exceptions", "exceptions");
 
 	/* phase 2 of builtins */
 	_PyImport_FixupExtension("__builtin__", "__builtin__");
@@ -1168,7 +1167,7 @@
 				err = PyFile_WriteString("<unknown>", f);
 			else {
 				char* modstr = PyString_AsString(moduleName);
-				if (modstr && strcmp(modstr, "exceptions"))
+				if (modstr && strcmp(modstr, "__builtin__"))
 				{
 					err = PyFile_WriteString(modstr, f);
 					err += PyFile_WriteString(".", f);
diff --git a/RISCOS/Modules/config.c b/RISCOS/Modules/config.c
index 54fbc79..d4ef205 100644
--- a/RISCOS/Modules/config.c
+++ b/RISCOS/Modules/config.c
@@ -63,7 +63,6 @@
 	{"__main__", NULL},
 	{"__builtin__", NULL},
 	{"sys", NULL},
-	{"exceptions", NULL},
 
 	/* This lives in gcmodule.c */
 	{"gc", initgc},