diff --git a/orte/mca/odls/base/odls_base_default_fns.c b/orte/mca/odls/base/odls_base_default_fns.c
index 35de91e050..847d5a50a1 100644
--- a/orte/mca/odls/base/odls_base_default_fns.c
+++ b/orte/mca/odls/base/odls_base_default_fns.c
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
  * Copyright (c) 2011      Oak Ridge National Labs.  All rights reserved.
  * Copyright (c) 2011-2012 Los Alamos National Security, LLC.
  *                         All rights reserved.
- * Copyright (c) 2011-2012 Cisco Systems, Inc.  All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 2011      Cisco Systems, Inc.  All rights reserved.
  * $COPYRIGHT$
  * 
  * Additional copyrights may follow
@@ -2073,17 +2073,6 @@ void odls_base_default_wait_local_proc(pid_t pid, int status, void* cbdata)
             state = ORTE_PROC_STATE_CALLED_ABORT;
             goto MOVEON;
         }
-
-        /* If the exit status of this proc was 77 and the
-           odls_base_exit_status_77_fatal MCA param was set to false,
-           then don't kill the whole job.  The rationale is that the
-           GNU testing standards specify that an exit status of 77
-           indicates that a test was skipped -- it should not be
-           treated as a fatal error (to the whole job). */
-        if (!orte_odls_globals.is_exit_status_77_fatal && 77 == proc->exit_code) {
-            state = ORTE_PROC_STATE_WAITPID_FIRED;
-            goto MOVEON;
-        }
         
         /* check to see if a sync was required and if it was received */
         if (proc->registered) {
diff --git a/orte/mca/odls/base/odls_base_open.c b/orte/mca/odls/base/odls_base_open.c
index f37a551fdf..09d7906e4e 100644
--- a/orte/mca/odls/base/odls_base_open.c
+++ b/orte/mca/odls/base/odls_base_open.c
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
  * Copyright (c) 2004-2005 The Regents of the University of California.
  *                         All rights reserved.
  * Copyright (c) 2010-2011 Oracle and/or its affiliates.  All rights reserved.
- * Copyright (c) 2011-2012 Cisco Systems, Inc.  All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 2011 Cisco Systems, Inc.  All rights reserved.
  * Copyright (c) 2011-2012 Los Alamos National Security, LLC.
  *                         All rights reserved.
  * $COPYRIGHT$
@@ -103,11 +103,6 @@ int orte_odls_base_open(void)
                                 "Time to wait for a process to die after issuing a kill signal to it",
                                 false, false, 1, &orte_odls_globals.timeout_before_sigkill);
 
-    mca_base_param_reg_int_name("odls", "base_exit_status_77_fatal",
-                                "Whether to kill an entire job if any process in that job exits normally with a status of 77 (exit status 77 in the GNU testing standards means \"this test was skipped\", and therefore we wouldn't want to kill the entire job)",
-                                false, false, 1, &i);
-    orte_odls_globals.is_exit_status_77_fatal = OPAL_INT_TO_BOOL(i);
-
     /* initialize the global array of local children */
     orte_local_children = OBJ_NEW(opal_pointer_array_t);
     if (OPAL_SUCCESS != (rc = opal_pointer_array_init(orte_local_children,
diff --git a/orte/mca/odls/base/odls_private.h b/orte/mca/odls/base/odls_private.h
index 988dac7bb0..3a1030eef1 100644
--- a/orte/mca/odls/base/odls_private.h
+++ b/orte/mca/odls/base/odls_private.h
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
  *                         University of Stuttgart.  All rights reserved.
  * Copyright (c) 2004-2005 The Regents of the University of California.
  *                         All rights reserved.
- * Copyright (c) 2011-2012 Cisco Systems, Inc.  All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 2011 Cisco Systems, Inc.  All rights reserved.
  * Copyright (c) 2011      Los Alamos National Security, LLC.  All rights
  *                         reserved. 
  * $COPYRIGHT$
@@ -62,8 +62,6 @@ typedef struct {
     opal_list_t xterm_ranks;
     /* the xterm cmd to be used */
     char **xtermcmd;
-    /* whether to consider an exit code of 77 fatal to a job or not */
-    bool is_exit_status_77_fatal;
 } orte_odls_globals_t;
 
 ORTE_DECLSPEC extern orte_odls_globals_t orte_odls_globals;