diff --git a/pcsx2/R3000AInterpreter.cpp b/pcsx2/R3000AInterpreter.cpp
index 372f1c249a..7826231dbd 100644
--- a/pcsx2/R3000AInterpreter.cpp
+++ b/pcsx2/R3000AInterpreter.cpp
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ void psxBreakpoint(bool memcheck)
 
 	CBreakPoints::SetBreakpointTriggered(true);
 	VMManager::SetPaused(true);
-	throw Exception::ExitCpuExecute();
+	Cpu->ExitExecution();
 }
 
 void psxMemcheck(u32 op, u32 bits, bool store)
@@ -274,22 +274,14 @@ static s32 intExecuteBlock( s32 eeCycles )
 	psxRegs.iopBreak = 0;
 	psxRegs.iopCycleEE = eeCycles;
 
-	try
+	while (psxRegs.iopCycleEE > 0)
 	{
-		while (psxRegs.iopCycleEE > 0) {
-			if ((psxHu32(HW_ICFG) & 8) && ((psxRegs.pc & 0x1fffffffU) == 0xa0 || (psxRegs.pc & 0x1fffffffU) == 0xb0 || (psxRegs.pc & 0x1fffffffU) == 0xc0))
-				psxBiosCall();
+		if ((psxHu32(HW_ICFG) & 8) && ((psxRegs.pc & 0x1fffffffU) == 0xa0 || (psxRegs.pc & 0x1fffffffU) == 0xb0 || (psxRegs.pc & 0x1fffffffU) == 0xc0))
+			psxBiosCall();
 
-			branch2 = 0;
-			while (!branch2) {
-				execI();
-			}
-		}
-	}
-	catch (Exception::ExitCpuExecute&)
-	{
-		// Get out of the EE too, regardless of whether it's int or rec.
-		Cpu->ExitExecution();
+		branch2 = 0;
+		while (!branch2)
+			execI();
 	}
 
 	return psxRegs.iopBreak + psxRegs.iopCycleEE;
diff --git a/pcsx2/R5900.h b/pcsx2/R5900.h
index 7efa63733a..2fd5731e93 100644
--- a/pcsx2/R5900.h
+++ b/pcsx2/R5900.h
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*  PCSX2 - PS2 Emulator for PCs
- *  Copyright (C) 2002-2010  PCSX2 Dev Team
+ *  Copyright (C) 2002-2023 PCSX2 Dev Team
  *
  *  PCSX2 is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms
  *  of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by the Free Software Found-
@@ -15,34 +15,7 @@
 
 #pragma once
 
-#include "common/Exceptions.h"
-
-class BaseR5900Exception;
-
-// --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-//  Recompiler Stuffs
-// --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-// This code section contains recompiler vars that are used in "shared" code. Placing
-// them in iR5900.h would mean having to include that into more files than I care to
-// right now, so we're sticking them here for now until a better solution comes along.
-
-namespace Exception
-{
-	// Implementation Note: this exception has no meaningful type information and we don't
-	// care to have it be caught by any BaseException handlers lying about, so let's not
-	// derive from BaseException :D
-	class ExitCpuExecute
-	{
-	public:
-		explicit ExitCpuExecute() { }
-	};
-
-	class CancelInstruction
-	{
-	public:
-		explicit CancelInstruction() { }
-	};
-}
+#include "common/Pcsx2Defs.h"
 
 // --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 //  EE Bios function name tables.
@@ -214,18 +187,6 @@ struct tlbs
 
 #ifndef _PC_
 
-/*#define _i64(x) (s64)x
-#define _u64(x) (u64)x
-
-#define _i32(x) (s32)x
-#define _u32(x) (u32)x
-
-#define _i16(x) (s16)x
-#define _u16(x) (u16)x
-
-#define _i8(x) (s8)x
-#define _u8(x) (u8)x*/
-
 ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 // R5900 Instruction Macros