diff --git a/cms/envs/common.py b/cms/envs/common.py
index 3f8f4440c5..9d05a21d6a 100644
--- a/cms/envs/common.py
+++ b/cms/envs/common.py
@@ -121,6 +121,7 @@ MIDDLEWARE_CLASSES = (
 )
 
 ############################ SIGNAL HANDLERS ################################
+# This is imported to register the exception signal handling that logs exceptions
 import monitoring.exceptions  # noqa
 
 ############################ DJANGO_BUILTINS ################################
diff --git a/common/djangoapps/util/middleware.py b/common/djangoapps/util/middleware.py
deleted file mode 100644
index ce7b961766..0000000000
--- a/common/djangoapps/util/middleware.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,16 +0,0 @@
-import logging
-
-from django.conf import settings
-from django.http import HttpResponseServerError
-
-log = logging.getLogger("mitx")
-
-
-class ExceptionLoggingMiddleware(object):
-    """Just here to log unchecked exceptions that go all the way up the Django
-    stack"""
-
-    if not settings.TEMPLATE_DEBUG:
-        def process_exception(self, request, exception):
-            log.exception(exception)
-            return HttpResponseServerError("Server Error - Please try again later.")
diff --git a/lms/envs/common.py b/lms/envs/common.py
index bd77e711b3..33e9de4031 100644
--- a/lms/envs/common.py
+++ b/lms/envs/common.py
@@ -173,6 +173,9 @@ MODULESTORE = {
     }
 }
 
+############################ SIGNAL HANDLERS ################################
+# This is imported to register the exception signal handling that logs exceptions
+import monitoring.exceptions  # noqa
 
 ############################### DJANGO BUILT-INS ###############################
 # Change DEBUG/TEMPLATE_DEBUG in your environment settings files, not here
@@ -285,7 +288,6 @@ TEMPLATE_LOADERS = (
 )
 
 MIDDLEWARE_CLASSES = (
-    'util.middleware.ExceptionLoggingMiddleware',
     'django.middleware.common.CommonMiddleware',
     'django.contrib.sessions.middleware.SessionMiddleware',
     'django.middleware.csrf.CsrfViewMiddleware',