diff --git a/include/boost/utility/string_view.hpp b/include/boost/utility/string_view.hpp
index fe1cfa0..c3be4e3 100644
--- a/include/boost/utility/string_view.hpp
+++ b/include/boost/utility/string_view.hpp
@@ -201,7 +201,7 @@ namespace boost {
             }
 
         BOOST_CXX14_CONSTEXPR int compare(size_type pos1, size_type n1, basic_string_view x)
-          const BOOST_NOEXCEPT {
+          const {
             return substr(pos1, n1).compare(x);
             }