diff --git a/History.md b/History.md
index 3f78fa1..e56b3c5 100644
--- a/History.md
+++ b/History.md
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
 ## 3.0.0 / not yet released / branch "master"
 
 * ...
-* Add error messages for missing variables when :strict, see #352 [Daniel Gaiottino]
 * Properly set context rethrow_errors on render! #349 [Thierry Joyal, tjoyal]
 * Fix broken rendering of variables which are equal to false, see #345 [Florian Weingarten, fw42]
 * Remove ActionView template handler [Dylan Thacker-Smith, dylanahsmith]
diff --git a/lib/liquid/context.rb b/lib/liquid/context.rb
index 6c58bfb..a35dcf2 100644
--- a/lib/liquid/context.rb
+++ b/lib/liquid/context.rb
@@ -205,7 +205,6 @@ module Liquid
         end
 
         scope     ||= @environments.last || @scopes.last
-        handle_not_found(key) unless scope.has_key?(key)
         variable  ||= lookup_and_evaluate(scope, key)
 
         variable = variable.to_liquid
@@ -255,7 +254,6 @@ module Liquid
               # No key was present with the desired value and it wasn't one of the directly supported
               # keywords either. The only thing we got left is to return nil
             else
-              handle_not_found(markup)
               return nil
             end
 
@@ -285,10 +283,6 @@ module Liquid
           end
         end
       end # squash_instance_assigns_with_environments
-
-      def handle_not_found(variable)
-        @errors << "Variable {{#{variable}}} not found" if Template.error_mode == :strict
-      end
   end # Context
 
 end # Liquid
diff --git a/test/unit/context_unit_test.rb b/test/unit/context_unit_test.rb
index 6d61dd9..8f4d6ed 100644
--- a/test/unit/context_unit_test.rb
+++ b/test/unit/context_unit_test.rb
@@ -457,22 +457,4 @@ class ContextUnitTest < Test::Unit::TestCase
     assert_kind_of CategoryDrop, @context['category']
     assert_equal @context, @context['category'].context
   end
-
-  def test_strict_variables_not_found
-    with_error_mode(:strict) do
-      @context['does_not_exist']
-      assert(@context.errors.length == 1)
-      assert_equal(@context.errors[0], 'Variable {{does_not_exist}} not found')
-    end
-  end
-
-  def test_strict_nested_variables_not_found
-    with_error_mode(:strict) do
-      @context['hash'] = {'this' => 'exists'}
-      @context['hash.does_not_exist']
-      assert(@context.errors.length == 1)
-      assert_equal(@context.errors[0], 'Variable {{hash.does_not_exist}} not found')
-    end
-  end
-
 end # ContextTest