diff --git a/make/autoconf/flags-cflags.m4 b/make/autoconf/flags-cflags.m4
index 57654514eb64b..3e948ee6d124b 100644
--- a/make/autoconf/flags-cflags.m4
+++ b/make/autoconf/flags-cflags.m4
@@ -572,8 +572,8 @@ AC_DEFUN([FLAGS_SETUP_CFLAGS_HELPER],
   elif test "x$TOOLCHAIN_TYPE" = xmicrosoft; then
     # The -utf-8 option sets source and execution character sets to UTF-8 to enable correct
     # compilation of all source files regardless of the active code page on Windows.
-    TOOLCHAIN_CFLAGS_JVM="-nologo -MD -Zc:preprocessor -Zc:inline -permissive- -utf-8 -MP"
-    TOOLCHAIN_CFLAGS_JDK="-nologo -MD -Zc:preprocessor -Zc:inline -permissive- -utf-8 -Zc:wchar_t-"
+    TOOLCHAIN_CFLAGS_JVM="-nologo -MD -Zc:preprocessor -Zc:inline -Zc:throwingNew -permissive- -utf-8 -MP"
+    TOOLCHAIN_CFLAGS_JDK="-nologo -MD -Zc:preprocessor -Zc:inline -Zc:throwingNew -permissive- -utf-8 -Zc:wchar_t-"
   fi
 
   # CFLAGS C language level for JDK sources (hotspot only uses C++)
diff --git a/src/java.desktop/windows/native/libawt/windows/awt_new.cpp b/src/java.desktop/windows/native/libawt/windows/awt_new.cpp
index e9cdd95fbb4c6..fdd1d79ba2c90 100644
--- a/src/java.desktop/windows/native/libawt/windows/awt_new.cpp
+++ b/src/java.desktop/windows/native/libawt/windows/awt_new.cpp
@@ -114,17 +114,6 @@ void *safe_Realloc(void *memblock, size_t size) {
     return ptr;
 }
 
-#if !defined(DEBUG)
-// This function exists because VC++ 5.0 currently does not conform to the
-// Standard C++ specification which requires that operator new throw
-// std::bad_alloc in an out of memory situation. Instead, VC++ 5.0 returns 0.
-//
-// This function can be safely removed when the problem is corrected.
-void * operator new(size_t size) {
-    return safe_Malloc(size);
-}
-#endif
-
 // This function is called at the beginning of an entry point.
 // Entry points are functions which are declared:
 //   1. CALLBACK,