diff --git a/guide/src/performance.md b/guide/src/performance.md
index f302b779ef5..5b789316d29 100644
--- a/guide/src/performance.md
+++ b/guide/src/performance.md
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ impl PartialEq<Foo> for FooBound<'_> {
 
 PyO3 uses global mutable state to keep track of deferred reference count updates implied by `impl Clone for Py<T>` and `impl Drop for Py<T>` being called without the currently GIL being held. The necessary synchronization to obtain and apply these reference count updates when PyO3-based code next acquires the GIL is somewhat expensive and can become a significant part of the cost of crossing the Python-Rust boundary.
 
-This functionality can be avoided by disabling default features and not enabling the `reference-pool` feature. This removes the global reference pool and the associated costs completely. However, it does _not_ remove the `Clone` and `Drop` implementations for `Py<T>` which are often necessary to fulfil trait requirements imposed by existing Rust code written without PyO3-based code in mind. To stay compatible with the wider Rust ecosystem in these cases, we keep the implementations but panic when `Clone` is called without the GIL being held and abort when `Drop` is called without the GIL being held.
+This functionality can be avoided by disabling default features and not enabling the `reference-pool` feature. This removes the global reference pool and the associated costs completely. However, it does _not_ remove the `Clone` and `Drop` implementations for `Py<T>` which are often necessary to fulfil trait requirements imposed by existing Rust code written without PyO3-based code in mind. To stay compatible with the wider Rust ecosystem in these cases, we keep the implementations but panic when `Clone` is called without the GIL being held and leak when `Drop` is called without the GIL being held.
 
 This limitation is important to keep in mind when this setting is used, especially when embedding Python code into a Rust application as it is quite easy to accidentally drop a `Py<T>` returned from `Python::with_gil` without making sure to re-acquire the GIL beforehand. For example, the following code
 
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ Python::with_gil(|py| {
 });
 ```
 
-will abort if the list not explicitly disposed via
+will leak `numbers` if the list not explicitly disposed via
 
 ```rust
 # use pyo3::prelude::*;
diff --git a/src/gil.rs b/src/gil.rs
index 10787d1a8f4..f9092c242d2 100644
--- a/src/gil.rs
+++ b/src/gil.rs
@@ -1,8 +1,6 @@
 //! Interaction with Python's global interpreter lock
 
 use crate::impl_::not_send::{NotSend, NOT_SEND};
-#[cfg(not(feature = "reference-pool"))]
-use crate::impl_::panic::PanicTrap;
 use crate::{ffi, Python};
 use parking_lot::Once;
 #[cfg(feature = "reference-pool")]
@@ -477,18 +475,12 @@ pub unsafe fn register_incref(obj: NonNull<ffi::PyObject>) {
 ///
 /// # Safety
 /// The object must be an owned Python reference.
-#[track_caller]
 pub unsafe fn register_decref(obj: NonNull<ffi::PyObject>) {
     if gil_is_acquired() {
         ffi::Py_DECREF(obj.as_ptr())
     } else {
         #[cfg(feature = "reference-pool")]
         POOL.register_decref(obj);
-        #[cfg(not(feature = "reference-pool"))]
-        {
-            let _trap = PanicTrap::new("Aborting the process to avoid panic-from-drop.");
-            panic!("Cannot drop pointer into Python heap without the GIL being held.");
-        }
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/src/instance.rs b/src/instance.rs
index 0050c1e38f5..9a77b103c70 100644
--- a/src/instance.rs
+++ b/src/instance.rs
@@ -1813,7 +1813,6 @@ impl<T> Clone for Py<T> {
 
 /// Dropping a `Py` instance decrements the reference count on the object by 1.
 impl<T> Drop for Py<T> {
-    #[track_caller]
     fn drop(&mut self) {
         unsafe {
             gil::register_decref(self.0);