diff --git a/test/stateless_test.cpp b/test/stateless_test.cpp
index aec9913..55a7f9c 100644
--- a/test/stateless_test.cpp
+++ b/test/stateless_test.cpp
@@ -21,13 +21,12 @@
 struct stateless_integer_add {
   int operator()(int x, int y) const { return x+y; }
 
-  void* operator new(std::size_t, stateless_integer_add*) throw()
+  void* operator new(std::size_t, stateless_integer_add*)
   {
     throw std::runtime_error("Cannot allocate a stateless_integer_add");
-    return 0; // suppress warnings
   }
 
-  void operator delete(void*, stateless_integer_add*)
+  void operator delete(void*, stateless_integer_add*) throw()
   {
   }
 };