diff --git a/include/fmt/core.h b/include/fmt/core.h
index 92a7aa1d..08596f5b 100644
--- a/include/fmt/core.h
+++ b/include/fmt/core.h
@@ -145,23 +145,9 @@
 #  endif
 #endif
 
-// Define FMT_USE_NOEXCEPT to make fmt use noexcept (C++11 feature).
-#ifndef FMT_USE_NOEXCEPT
-#  define FMT_USE_NOEXCEPT 0
-#endif
-
-#if FMT_USE_NOEXCEPT || FMT_HAS_FEATURE(cxx_noexcept) || \
-    FMT_GCC_VERSION >= 408 || FMT_MSC_VER >= 1900
-#  define FMT_DETECTED_NOEXCEPT noexcept
-#  define FMT_HAS_CXX11_NOEXCEPT 1
-#else
-#  define FMT_DETECTED_NOEXCEPT throw()
-#  define FMT_HAS_CXX11_NOEXCEPT 0
-#endif
-
 #ifndef FMT_NOEXCEPT
-#  if FMT_EXCEPTIONS || FMT_HAS_CXX11_NOEXCEPT
-#    define FMT_NOEXCEPT FMT_DETECTED_NOEXCEPT
+#  if FMT_EXCEPTIONS
+#    define FMT_NOEXCEPT noexcept
 #  else
 #    define FMT_NOEXCEPT
 #  endif