diff --git a/src/ExtendedPdo.php b/src/ExtendedPdo.php
index f5f4e957..18820e68 100644
--- a/src/ExtendedPdo.php
+++ b/src/ExtendedPdo.php
@@ -65,13 +65,6 @@ public function __construct(
             $options[PDO::ATTR_ERRMODE] = PDO::ERRMODE_EXCEPTION;
         }
 
-        // sqlsrv fails to connect when the error mode uses exceptions
-        $sqlsrvWarnEx = substr($dsn, 0, 7) == 'sqlsrv:'
-            && $options[PDO::ATTR_ERRMODE] == PDO::ERRMODE_EXCEPTION;
-        if ($sqlsrvWarnEx) {
-            $options[PDO::ATTR_ERRMODE] = PDO::ERRMODE_WARNING;
-        }
-
         // retain the arguments for later
         $this->args = [
             $dsn,
diff --git a/tests/ExtendedPdoTest.php b/tests/ExtendedPdoTest.php
index 2b3839c6..0faa9b24 100644
--- a/tests/ExtendedPdoTest.php
+++ b/tests/ExtendedPdoTest.php
@@ -672,14 +672,6 @@ public function testNoExportOfLoginCredentials()
         $this->assertContains('[4]=>array(0) {}', $data);
     }
 
-    public function testSqlsrvErrmodeWarning()
-    {
-        $pdo = new ExtendedPdo('sqlsrv:bogus');
-        $data = $this->dump($pdo);
-        // options
-        $this->assertContains('[3]=>array(1) {[3]=>int(1)}', $data);
-    }
-
     protected function dump($pdo)
     {
         ob_start();