diff --git a/test/CMakeLists.txt b/test/CMakeLists.txt
index 7fa063dd..c75c4f28 100644
--- a/test/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/test/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ endif ()
 
 message(STATUS "FMT_PEDANTIC: ${FMT_PEDANTIC}")
 
-if (FMT_PEDANTIC AND CXX_STANDARD LESS 20)
+if (FMT_PEDANTIC)
   # Test that the library can be compiled with exceptions disabled.
   # -fno-exception is broken in icc: https://github.com/fmtlib/fmt/issues/822.
   if (NOT CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_ID STREQUAL "Intel")