diff --git a/common/changes/@uifabric/utilities/fix-error-handling_2018-02-13-02-38.json b/common/changes/@uifabric/utilities/fix-error-handling_2018-02-13-02-38.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..ecd2c77dc8674e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/common/changes/@uifabric/utilities/fix-error-handling_2018-02-13-02-38.json
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+{
+  "changes": [
+    {
+      "packageName": "@uifabric/utilities",
+      "comment": "BaseComponent.onError default implementation removed, exceptions now simply bubble out which lets partners use React 16 error handling.",
+      "type": "minor"
+    }
+  ],
+  "packageName": "@uifabric/utilities",
+  "email": "dzearing@microsoft.com"
+}
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diff --git a/packages/utilities/src/BaseComponent.test.tsx b/packages/utilities/src/BaseComponent.test.tsx
index bed1d511f4d9f2..75562ec33f2260 100644
--- a/packages/utilities/src/BaseComponent.test.tsx
+++ b/packages/utilities/src/BaseComponent.test.tsx
@@ -5,68 +5,7 @@ import * as React from 'react';
 import * as ReactTestUtils from 'react-dom/test-utils';
 import { BaseComponent } from './BaseComponent';
 
-let _originalOnError = BaseComponent.onError;
-
-class TestComponent extends BaseComponent<{}, {}> {
-
-  public componentWillMount(): void {
-    this._createNullRef();
-  }
-
-  public componentDidMount(): void {
-    this._createNullRef();
-  }
-
-  public shouldComponentUpdate(nextProps?: {}, nextState?: {}): boolean {
-    this._createNullRef();
-
-    return true;
-  }
-
-  public componentWillUpdate(): void {
-    this._createNullRef();
-  }
-
-  public componentWillReceiveProps(): void {
-    this._createNullRef();
-  }
-
-  public render(): JSX.Element | null {
-    this._createNullRef();
-    return null;
-  }
-
-  public componentDidUpdate(): void {
-    this._createNullRef();
-  }
-
-  public componentWillUnmount(): void {
-    this._createNullRef();
-  }
-
-  private _createNullRef(): void {
-    // tslint:disable-next-line:no-any
-    let foo: any = null;
-
-    // Calling a null
-    foo();
-  }
-}
-
 describe('BaseComponent', () => {
-  afterEach(() => {
-    BaseComponent.onError = _originalOnError;
-  });
-
-  _buildTestFor('componentWillMount');
-  _buildTestFor('componentDidMount');
-  _buildTestFor('shouldComponentUpdate');
-  _buildTestFor('componentWillUpdate');
-  _buildTestFor('componentWillReceiveProps');
-  _buildTestFor('render');
-  _buildTestFor('componentDidUpdate');
-  _buildTestFor('componentWillUnmount');
-
   it('can resolve refs', () => {
     class Foo extends BaseComponent<{}, {}> {
       public root: HTMLElement;
@@ -84,18 +23,3 @@ describe('BaseComponent', () => {
     expect(component.root).toBeDefined();
   });
 });
-
-function _buildTestFor(methodName: string): void {
-  it(`calls the error logger on ${methodName} exception`, () => {
-    let lastErrorMessage;
-
-    BaseComponent.onError = (errorMessage: string | undefined) => lastErrorMessage = errorMessage;
-
-    let c = new TestComponent({});
-
-    // tslint:disable-next-line:no-any
-    (c as any)[methodName]();
-
-    expect(lastErrorMessage).toBeDefined();
-  });
-}
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diff --git a/packages/utilities/src/BaseComponent.ts b/packages/utilities/src/BaseComponent.ts
index 915e2840fd5498..0cfa0445e3cd01 100644
--- a/packages/utilities/src/BaseComponent.ts
+++ b/packages/utilities/src/BaseComponent.ts
@@ -21,8 +21,7 @@ export interface IBaseProps<T = any> {
  */
 export class BaseComponent<P extends IBaseProps = {}, S = {}> extends React.Component<P, S> {
   /**
-   * External consumers should override BaseComponent.onError to hook into error messages that occur from
-   * exceptions thrown from within components.
+   * @deprecated Use React's error boundaries instead.
    */
   // tslint:disable-next-line:no-any
   public static onError: ((errorMessage?: string, ex?: any) => void);
@@ -241,19 +240,11 @@ function _makeSafe(obj: BaseComponent<{}, {}>, prototype: Object, methodName: st
     (obj as any)[methodName] = function (): any {
       let retVal;
 
-      try {
-        if (prototypeMethod) {
-          retVal = prototypeMethod.apply(this, arguments);
-        }
-        if (classMethod !== prototypeMethod) {
-          retVal = classMethod.apply(this, arguments);
-        }
-      } catch (e) {
-        const errorMessage = `Exception in ${obj.className}.${methodName}(): ${typeof e === 'string' ? e : e.stack}`;
-
-        if (BaseComponent.onError) {
-          BaseComponent.onError(errorMessage, e);
-        }
+      if (prototypeMethod) {
+        retVal = prototypeMethod.apply(this, arguments);
+      }
+      if (classMethod !== prototypeMethod) {
+        retVal = classMethod.apply(this, arguments);
       }
 
       return retVal;
@@ -261,11 +252,6 @@ function _makeSafe(obj: BaseComponent<{}, {}>, prototype: Object, methodName: st
   }
 }
 
-BaseComponent.onError = (errorMessage: string) => {
-  console.error(errorMessage);
-  throw errorMessage;
-};
-
 /**
  * Simple constant function for returning null, used to render empty templates in JSX.
  *