diff --git a/src/lib/arch/IArchMultithread.h b/src/lib/arch/IArchMultithread.h
index a9051799..b936fc88 100644
--- a/src/lib/arch/IArchMultithread.h
+++ b/src/lib/arch/IArchMultithread.h
@@ -235,15 +235,6 @@ public:
     */
     virtual bool        isExitedThread(ArchThread thread) = 0;
 
-    //! Returns the exit code of a thread
-    /*!
-    Waits indefinitely for \c thread to exit (if it hasn't yet) then
-    returns the thread's exit code.
-
-    (Cancellation point)
-    */
-    virtual void*        getResultOfThread(ArchThread thread) = 0;
-
     //! Returns an ID for a thread
     /*!
     Returns some ID number for \c thread.  This is for logging purposes.
diff --git a/src/lib/arch/unix/ArchMultithreadPosix.cpp b/src/lib/arch/unix/ArchMultithreadPosix.cpp
index 425b443c..e260e66e 100644
--- a/src/lib/arch/unix/ArchMultithreadPosix.cpp
+++ b/src/lib/arch/unix/ArchMultithreadPosix.cpp
@@ -64,7 +64,6 @@ public:
     bool                m_cancel;
     bool                m_cancelling;
     bool                m_exited;
-    void*                m_result;
     void*                m_networkData;
 };
 
@@ -76,7 +75,6 @@ ArchThreadImpl::ArchThreadImpl() :
     m_cancel(false),
     m_cancelling(false),
     m_exited(false),
-    m_result(NULL),
     m_networkData(NULL)
 {
     // do nothing
@@ -526,13 +524,6 @@ ArchMultithreadPosix::isExitedThread(ArchThread thread)
     return thread->m_exited;
 }
 
-void*
-ArchMultithreadPosix::getResultOfThread(ArchThread thread)
-{
-    std::lock_guard<std::mutex> lock(m_threadMutex);
-    return thread->m_result;
-}
-
 IArchMultithread::ThreadID
 ArchMultithreadPosix::getIDOfThread(ArchThread thread)
 {
@@ -699,10 +690,8 @@ ArchMultithreadPosix::doThreadFunc(ArchThread thread)
         std::lock_guard<std::mutex> lock(m_threadMutex);
     }
 
-    void* result = NULL;
     try {
-        // go
-        result = (*thread->m_func)(thread->m_userData);
+        (*thread->m_func)(thread->m_userData);
     }
 
     catch (XThreadCancel&) {
@@ -721,7 +710,6 @@ ArchMultithreadPosix::doThreadFunc(ArchThread thread)
     // thread has exited
     {
         std::lock_guard<std::mutex> lock(m_threadMutex);
-        thread->m_result = result;
         thread->m_exited = true;
     }
 
diff --git a/src/lib/arch/unix/ArchMultithreadPosix.h b/src/lib/arch/unix/ArchMultithreadPosix.h
index 7f492415..b77dccca 100644
--- a/src/lib/arch/unix/ArchMultithreadPosix.h
+++ b/src/lib/arch/unix/ArchMultithreadPosix.h
@@ -77,7 +77,6 @@ public:
     virtual bool        wait(ArchThread, double timeout);
     virtual bool        isSameThread(ArchThread, ArchThread);
     virtual bool        isExitedThread(ArchThread);
-    virtual void*        getResultOfThread(ArchThread);
     virtual ThreadID    getIDOfThread(ArchThread);
     virtual void        setSignalHandler(ESignal, SignalFunc, void*);
     virtual void        raiseSignal(ESignal);
diff --git a/src/lib/arch/win32/ArchMultithreadWindows.cpp b/src/lib/arch/win32/ArchMultithreadWindows.cpp
index 45fa31ef..48bed64b 100644
--- a/src/lib/arch/win32/ArchMultithreadWindows.cpp
+++ b/src/lib/arch/win32/ArchMultithreadWindows.cpp
@@ -54,7 +54,6 @@ public:
     HANDLE                m_cancel;
     bool                m_cancelling;
     HANDLE                m_exit;
-    void*                m_result;
     void*                m_networkData;
 };
 
@@ -65,7 +64,6 @@ ArchThreadImpl::ArchThreadImpl() :
     m_func(NULL),
     m_userData(NULL),
     m_cancelling(false),
-    m_result(NULL),
     m_networkData(NULL)
 {
     m_exit   = CreateEvent(NULL, TRUE, FALSE, NULL);
@@ -523,15 +521,6 @@ ArchMultithreadWindows::isExitedThread(ArchThread thread)
     return (WaitForSingleObject(thread->m_exit, 0) == WAIT_OBJECT_0);
 }
 
-void*
-ArchMultithreadWindows::getResultOfThread(ArchThread thread)
-{
-    lockMutex(m_threadMutex);
-    void* result = thread->m_result;
-    unlockMutex(m_threadMutex);
-    return result;
-}
-
 IArchMultithread::ThreadID
 ArchMultithreadWindows::getIDOfThread(ArchThread thread)
 {
@@ -678,10 +667,9 @@ ArchMultithreadWindows::doThreadFunc(ArchThread thread)
     lockMutex(m_threadMutex);
     unlockMutex(m_threadMutex);
 
-    void* result = NULL;
     try {
         // go
-        result = (*thread->m_func)(thread->m_userData);
+        (*thread->m_func)(thread->m_userData);
     }
 
     catch (XThreadCancel&) {
@@ -695,9 +683,6 @@ ArchMultithreadWindows::doThreadFunc(ArchThread thread)
     }
 
     // thread has exited
-    lockMutex(m_threadMutex);
-    thread->m_result = result;
-    unlockMutex(m_threadMutex);
     SetEvent(thread->m_exit);
 
     // done with thread
diff --git a/src/lib/arch/win32/ArchMultithreadWindows.h b/src/lib/arch/win32/ArchMultithreadWindows.h
index c413a648..df3af6e2 100644
--- a/src/lib/arch/win32/ArchMultithreadWindows.h
+++ b/src/lib/arch/win32/ArchMultithreadWindows.h
@@ -83,7 +83,6 @@ public:
     virtual bool        wait(ArchThread, double timeout);
     virtual bool        isSameThread(ArchThread, ArchThread);
     virtual bool        isExitedThread(ArchThread);
-    virtual void*        getResultOfThread(ArchThread);
     virtual ThreadID    getIDOfThread(ArchThread);
     virtual void        setSignalHandler(ESignal, SignalFunc, void*);
     virtual void        raiseSignal(ESignal);
diff --git a/src/lib/mt/Thread.cpp b/src/lib/mt/Thread.cpp
index 858fdbab..6367eb98 100644
--- a/src/lib/mt/Thread.cpp
+++ b/src/lib/mt/Thread.cpp
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ Thread::operator=(const Thread& thread)
 void
 Thread::exit(void* result)
 {
-    throw XThreadExit(result);
+    throw XThreadExit();
 }
 
 void
@@ -108,15 +108,6 @@ Thread::wait(double timeout) const
     return ARCH->wait(m_thread, timeout);
 }
 
-void*
-Thread::getResult() const
-{
-    if (wait())
-        return ARCH->getResultOfThread(m_thread);
-    else
-        return NULL;
-}
-
 IArchMultithread::ThreadID
 Thread::getID() const
 {
@@ -149,8 +140,6 @@ Thread::threadFunc(void* vjob)
     // get job
     IJob* job = static_cast<IJob*>(vjob);
 
-    // run job
-    void* result = NULL;
     try {
         // go
         LOG((CLOG_DEBUG1 "thread 0x%08x entry", id));
@@ -163,10 +152,8 @@ Thread::threadFunc(void* vjob)
         delete job;
         throw;
     }
-    catch (XThreadExit& e) {
-        // client called exit()
-        result = e.m_result;
-        LOG((CLOG_DEBUG1 "caught exit on thread 0x%08x, result %p", id, result));
+    catch (XThreadExit&) {
+        LOG((CLOG_DEBUG1 "caught exit on thread 0x%08x", id));
     }
     catch (XBase& e) {
         LOG((CLOG_ERR "exception on thread 0x%08x: %s", id, e.what()));
@@ -182,6 +169,5 @@ Thread::threadFunc(void* vjob)
     // done with job
     delete job;
 
-    // return exit result
-    return result;
+    return nullptr;
 }
diff --git a/src/lib/mt/Thread.h b/src/lib/mt/Thread.h
index 8179aea0..798539d5 100644
--- a/src/lib/mt/Thread.h
+++ b/src/lib/mt/Thread.h
@@ -79,8 +79,7 @@ public:
     /*!
     Terminate the calling thread.  This function does not return but
     the stack is unwound and automatic objects are destroyed, as if
-    exit() threw an exception (which is, in fact, what it does).  The
-    argument is saved as the result returned by getResult().  If you
+    exit() threw an exception (which is, in fact, what it does). If you
     have \c catch(...) blocks then you should add the following before
     each to avoid catching the exit:
     \code
@@ -167,16 +166,6 @@ public:
     */
     bool                wait(double timeout = -1.0) const;
 
-    //! Get the exit result
-    /*!
-    Returns the exit result.  This does an implicit wait().  It returns
-    NULL immediately if called by a thread on itself or on a thread that
-    was cancelled.
-
-    (cancellation point)
-    */
-    void*                getResult() const;
-
     //! Get the thread id
     /*!
     Returns an integer id for this thread.  This id must not be used to
diff --git a/src/lib/mt/XThread.h b/src/lib/mt/XThread.h
index 34177ce9..41172b33 100644
--- a/src/lib/mt/XThread.h
+++ b/src/lib/mt/XThread.h
@@ -26,12 +26,4 @@ Thrown by Thread::exit() to exit a thread.  Clients of Thread
 must not throw this type but must rethrow it if caught (by
 XThreadExit, XThread, or ...).
 */
-class XThreadExit : public XThread {
-public:
-    //! \c result is the result of the thread
-    XThreadExit(void* result) : m_result(result) { }
-    ~XThreadExit() { }
-
-public:
-    void*                m_result;
-};
+class XThreadExit : public XThread {};