diff --git a/am/Makefile b/am/Makefile
index ac8efe4b..9dbb61c4 100644
--- a/am/Makefile
+++ b/am/Makefile
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
 NAME = am
 SRCS = $(shell find -L ./arch/$(ARCH)/src/ -name "*.c" -o -name "*.cpp" -o -name "*.S")
-LIBS += klib
 include $(AM_HOME)/Makefile.lib
diff --git a/am/arch/mips32-minimal/src/exception/exc_handler.c b/am/arch/mips32-minimal/src/exception/exc_handler.c
index dd16a649..d6d868a7 100644
--- a/am/arch/mips32-minimal/src/exception/exc_handler.c
+++ b/am/arch/mips32-minimal/src/exception/exc_handler.c
@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
 
 #include <am.h>
-#include <klib.h>
 
+void printstr(char *str) {
+	while(*str ++) _putc(*str);
+}
 
 uint get_cause() {
 	uint ret;
@@ -17,15 +19,21 @@ uint get_epc() {
 
 void exception_handle() {
 	uint cause = get_cause();
-	uint epc = get_epc();
+	//uint epc = get_epc();
 
 	uint exccode = (cause >> 2) & 0x1f;
 
 	switch(exccode) {
+		/* printf verison
 		case 4:		printf("BadVAddr when loading @PC = 0x%d.\n", epc);		break;
 		case 5:		printf("BadVAddr when storing @PC = 0x%d.\n", epc);		break;
 		case 10:	printf("Invalid OPCODE @PC = 0x%d.\n", epc);			break;
 		default:	printf("Unhandled exception, ExcCode = %d.\n", exccode);
+		*/
+		case 4:		printstr("BadVAddr when loading.\n");		break;
+		case 5:		printstr("BadVAddr when storing.\n");		break;
+		case 10:	printstr("Invalid OPCODE.\n");				break;
+		default:	printstr("Unhandled exception.\n");
 	}
 
 	_halt(1);