diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 9a4dcfd3..f0e9fb2d 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 Version 168:
 
 * Use executor_work_guard in composed operations
+* Revert verb.ipp change which caused spurious warnings
 
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@@ -19,7 +20,6 @@ Version 166:
 Version 165:
 
 * Fix BOOST_NO_CXX11_ALLOCATOR check
-* Tidy up a warning
 
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diff --git a/include/boost/beast/http/impl/verb.ipp b/include/boost/beast/http/impl/verb.ipp
index 8f8b2e33..bfd703d0 100644
--- a/include/boost/beast/http/impl/verb.ipp
+++ b/include/boost/beast/http/impl/verb.ipp
@@ -72,10 +72,6 @@ verb_to_string(verb v)
     }
 
     BOOST_THROW_EXCEPTION(std::invalid_argument{"unknown verb"});
-
-    // Help some compilers which don't know the next line is
-    // unreachable, otherwise spurious warnings are generated.
-    return "<unknown>";
 }
 
 template<class = void>