diff --git a/www/_include.php b/www/_include.php
index f6a42f8c56f5b12d7a89716b5468bc945b43dc49..270120301d41032cad37347cf904249e40af3add 100644
--- a/www/_include.php
+++ b/www/_include.php
@@ -27,7 +27,9 @@ function SimpleSAML_exception_handler(Exception $exception) {
 	$e = new SimpleSAML_Error_Error('UNHANDLEDEXCEPTION', $exception);
 	$e->show();
 }
-set_exception_handler('SimpleSAML_exception_handler');
+/* Disabled; see issue #176.
+ * set_exception_handler('SimpleSAML_exception_handler');
+ */
 
 /* Log full backtrace on errors and warnings. */
 function SimpleSAML_error_handler($errno, $errstr, $errfile = NULL, $errline = 0, $errcontext = NULL) {
@@ -46,7 +48,9 @@ function SimpleSAML_error_handler($errno, $errstr, $errfile = NULL, $errline = 0
 	/* Resume normal error processing. */
 	return FALSE;
 }
-set_error_handler('SimpleSAML_error_handler');
+/* Disabled; see issue #176.
+ * set_error_handler('SimpleSAML_error_handler');
+ */
 
 
 $path_extra = dirname(dirname(__FILE__)) . '/lib';