diff --git a/include/nlohmann/json.hpp b/include/nlohmann/json.hpp
index 65d2201db..94c004227 100644
--- a/include/nlohmann/json.hpp
+++ b/include/nlohmann/json.hpp
@@ -1131,7 +1131,7 @@ class basic_json // NOLINT(cppcoreguidelines-special-member-functions,hicpp-spec
             binary = create<binary_t>(std::move(value));
         }
 
-        void destroy(value_t t) noexcept
+        void destroy(value_t t)
         {
             if (t == value_t::array || t == value_t::object)
             {
diff --git a/single_include/nlohmann/json.hpp b/single_include/nlohmann/json.hpp
index dedd3d4a5..8130c6aa8 100644
--- a/single_include/nlohmann/json.hpp
+++ b/single_include/nlohmann/json.hpp
@@ -18191,7 +18191,7 @@ class basic_json // NOLINT(cppcoreguidelines-special-member-functions,hicpp-spec
             binary = create<binary_t>(std::move(value));
         }
 
-        void destroy(value_t t) noexcept
+        void destroy(value_t t)
         {
             if (t == value_t::array || t == value_t::object)
             {