diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index f9d40a29..2f3aead8 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -108,6 +108,13 @@ if (NOT FMT_VARIADIC_TEMPLATES)
   add_definitions(-DGTEST_LANG_CXX11=0)
 endif ()
 
+check_cxx_source_compiles("
+  void f() noexcept {}
+  int main(){ f(); }" FMT_BASIC_NOEXCEPT_SUPPORT)
+if (FMT_BASIC_NOEXCEPT_SUPPORT)
+# add_definitions(-DFMT_USE_NOEXCEPT=1)
+endif ()
+
 # GTest doesn't detect <tuple> with clang.
 if (CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_ID STREQUAL "Clang")
   target_compile_definitions(gmock PUBLIC GTEST_USE_OWN_TR1_TUPLE=1)
diff --git a/format.cc b/format.cc
index 9005302c..1a6e4e22 100644
--- a/format.cc
+++ b/format.cc
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ typedef void (*FormatFunc)(fmt::Writer &, int, fmt::StringRef);
 //   other  - failure
 // Buffer should be at least of size 1.
 int safe_strerror(
-    int error_code, char *&buffer, std::size_t buffer_size) FMT_NOEXCEPT(true) {
+    int error_code, char *&buffer, std::size_t buffer_size) FMT_NOEXCEPT {
   assert(buffer != 0 && buffer_size != 0);
   int result = 0;
 #if ((_POSIX_C_SOURCE >= 200112L || _XOPEN_SOURCE >= 600) && !_GNU_SOURCE) || __ANDROID__
@@ -180,7 +180,7 @@ int safe_strerror(
 }
 
 void format_error_code(fmt::Writer &out, int error_code,
-                       fmt::StringRef message) FMT_NOEXCEPT(true) {
+                       fmt::StringRef message) FMT_NOEXCEPT {
   // Report error code making sure that the output fits into
   // INLINE_BUFFER_SIZE to avoid dynamic memory allocation and potential
   // bad_alloc.
@@ -198,7 +198,7 @@ void format_error_code(fmt::Writer &out, int error_code,
 }
 
 void report_error(FormatFunc func,
-    int error_code, fmt::StringRef message) FMT_NOEXCEPT(true) {
+    int error_code, fmt::StringRef message) FMT_NOEXCEPT {
   fmt::MemoryWriter full_message;
   func(full_message, error_code, message);
   // Use Writer::data instead of Writer::c_str to avoid potential memory
@@ -500,7 +500,7 @@ FMT_FUNC void fmt::WindowsError::init(
 
 FMT_FUNC void fmt::internal::format_system_error(
     fmt::Writer &out, int error_code,
-    fmt::StringRef message) FMT_NOEXCEPT(true) {
+    fmt::StringRef message) FMT_NOEXCEPT {
   FMT_TRY {
     MemoryBuffer<char, INLINE_BUFFER_SIZE> buffer;
     buffer.resize(INLINE_BUFFER_SIZE);
@@ -522,7 +522,7 @@ FMT_FUNC void fmt::internal::format_system_error(
 #ifdef _WIN32
 FMT_FUNC void fmt::internal::format_windows_error(
     fmt::Writer &out, int error_code,
-    fmt::StringRef message) FMT_NOEXCEPT(true) {
+    fmt::StringRef message) FMT_NOEXCEPT {
   class String {
    private:
     LPWSTR str_;
@@ -1083,13 +1083,13 @@ void fmt::BasicFormatter<Char>::format(
 }
 
 FMT_FUNC void fmt::report_system_error(
-    int error_code, fmt::StringRef message) FMT_NOEXCEPT(true) {
+    int error_code, fmt::StringRef message) FMT_NOEXCEPT {
   report_error(internal::format_system_error, error_code, message);
 }
 
 #ifdef _WIN32
 FMT_FUNC void fmt::report_windows_error(
-    int error_code, fmt::StringRef message) FMT_NOEXCEPT(true) {
+    int error_code, fmt::StringRef message) FMT_NOEXCEPT {
   report_error(internal::format_windows_error, error_code, message);
 }
 #endif
diff --git a/format.h b/format.h
index 6d2ab9a1..78a354f0 100644
--- a/format.h
+++ b/format.h
@@ -114,9 +114,9 @@
 // Define FMT_USE_NOEXCEPT to make C++ Format use noexcept (C++11 feature).
 #if FMT_USE_NOEXCEPT || FMT_HAS_FEATURE(cxx_noexcept) || \
   (FMT_GCC_VERSION >= 408 && __cplusplus >= 201103)
-# define FMT_NOEXCEPT(expr) noexcept(expr)
+# define FMT_NOEXCEPT noexcept
 #else
-# define FMT_NOEXCEPT(expr)
+# define FMT_NOEXCEPT throw()
 #endif
 
 // A macro to disallow the copy constructor and operator= functions
@@ -290,7 +290,7 @@ class Buffer {
       grow(capacity);
   }
 
-  void clear() FMT_NOEXCEPT(true) { size_ = 0; }
+  void clear() FMT_NOEXCEPT { size_ = 0; }
 
   void push_back(const T &value) {
     if (size_ == capacity_)
@@ -623,11 +623,11 @@ class UTF16ToUTF8 {
 #endif
 
 void format_system_error(fmt::Writer &out, int error_code,
-                         fmt::StringRef message) FMT_NOEXCEPT(true);
+                         fmt::StringRef message) FMT_NOEXCEPT;
 
 #ifdef _WIN32
 void format_windows_error(fmt::Writer &out, int error_code,
-                          fmt::StringRef message) FMT_NOEXCEPT(true);
+                          fmt::StringRef message) FMT_NOEXCEPT;
 #endif
 
 // Computes max(Arg, 1) at compile time. It is used to avoid errors about
@@ -1561,7 +1561,7 @@ class BasicWriter {
     Returns a pointer to the output buffer content. No terminating null
     character is appended.
    */
-  const Char *data() const FMT_NOEXCEPT(true) { return &buffer_[0]; }
+  const Char *data() const FMT_NOEXCEPT { return &buffer_[0]; }
 
   /**
     Returns a pointer to the output buffer content with terminating null
@@ -1685,7 +1685,7 @@ class BasicWriter {
     return *this;
   }
 
-  void clear() FMT_NOEXCEPT(true) { buffer_.clear(); }
+  void clear() FMT_NOEXCEPT { buffer_.clear(); }
 };
 
 template <typename Char>
@@ -2102,7 +2102,7 @@ void format(BasicFormatter<Char> &f, const Char *&format_str, const T &value) {
 
 // Reports a system error without throwing an exception.
 // Can be used to report errors from destructors.
-void report_system_error(int error_code, StringRef message) FMT_NOEXCEPT(true);
+void report_system_error(int error_code, StringRef message) FMT_NOEXCEPT;
 
 #ifdef _WIN32
 
@@ -2146,7 +2146,7 @@ class WindowsError : public SystemError {
 
 // Reports a Windows error without throwing an exception.
 // Can be used to report errors from destructors.
-void report_windows_error(int error_code, StringRef message) FMT_NOEXCEPT(true);
+void report_windows_error(int error_code, StringRef message) FMT_NOEXCEPT;
 
 #endif
 
diff --git a/posix.cc b/posix.cc
index 945fe95b..b4893cd6 100644
--- a/posix.cc
+++ b/posix.cc
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ inline std::size_t convert_rwcount(std::size_t count) { return count; }
 #endif
 }
 
-fmt::BufferedFile::~BufferedFile() FMT_NOEXCEPT(true) {
+fmt::BufferedFile::~BufferedFile() FMT_NOEXCEPT {
   if (file_ && FMT_SYSTEM(fclose(file_)) != 0)
     fmt::report_system_error(errno, "cannot close file");
 }
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ fmt::File::File(fmt::StringRef path, int oflag) {
     throw SystemError(errno, "cannot open file {}", path);
 }
 
-fmt::File::~File() FMT_NOEXCEPT(true) {
+fmt::File::~File() FMT_NOEXCEPT {
   // Don't retry close in case of EINTR!
   // See http://linux.derkeiler.com/Mailing-Lists/Kernel/2005-09/3000.html
   if (fd_ != -1 && FMT_POSIX_CALL(close(fd_)) != 0)
@@ -186,7 +186,7 @@ void fmt::File::dup2(int fd) {
   }
 }
 
-void fmt::File::dup2(int fd, ErrorCode &ec) FMT_NOEXCEPT(true) {
+void fmt::File::dup2(int fd, ErrorCode &ec) FMT_NOEXCEPT {
   int result = 0;
   FMT_RETRY(result, FMT_POSIX_CALL(dup2(fd_, fd)));
   if (result == -1)
diff --git a/posix.h b/posix.h
index 5ec80993..0f31f601 100644
--- a/posix.h
+++ b/posix.h
@@ -97,9 +97,9 @@ class ErrorCode {
   int value_;
 
  public:
-  explicit ErrorCode(int value = 0) FMT_NOEXCEPT(true) : value_(value) {}
+  explicit ErrorCode(int value = 0) FMT_NOEXCEPT : value_(value) {}
 
-  int get() const FMT_NOEXCEPT(true) { return value_; }
+  int get() const FMT_NOEXCEPT { return value_; }
 };
 
 // A buffered file.
@@ -113,10 +113,10 @@ class BufferedFile {
 
  public:
   // Constructs a BufferedFile object which doesn't represent any file.
-  BufferedFile() FMT_NOEXCEPT(true) : file_(0) {}
+  BufferedFile() FMT_NOEXCEPT : file_(0) {}
 
   // Destroys the object closing the file it represents if any.
-  ~BufferedFile() FMT_NOEXCEPT(true);
+  ~BufferedFile() FMT_NOEXCEPT;
 
 #if !FMT_USE_RVALUE_REFERENCES
   // Emulate a move constructor and a move assignment operator if rvalue
@@ -131,10 +131,10 @@ class BufferedFile {
 
 public:
   // A "move constructor" for moving from a temporary.
-  BufferedFile(Proxy p) FMT_NOEXCEPT(true) : file_(p.file) {}
+  BufferedFile(Proxy p) FMT_NOEXCEPT : file_(p.file) {}
 
   // A "move constructor" for for moving from an lvalue.
-  BufferedFile(BufferedFile &f) FMT_NOEXCEPT(true) : file_(f.file_) {
+  BufferedFile(BufferedFile &f) FMT_NOEXCEPT : file_(f.file_) {
     f.file_ = 0;
   }
 
@@ -155,7 +155,7 @@ public:
 
   // Returns a proxy object for moving from a temporary:
   //   BufferedFile file = BufferedFile(...);
-  operator Proxy() FMT_NOEXCEPT(true) {
+  operator Proxy() FMT_NOEXCEPT {
     Proxy p = {file_};
     file_ = 0;
     return p;
@@ -166,7 +166,7 @@ public:
   FMT_DISALLOW_COPY_AND_ASSIGN(BufferedFile);
 
  public:
-  BufferedFile(BufferedFile &&other) FMT_NOEXCEPT(true) : file_(other.file_) {
+  BufferedFile(BufferedFile &&other) FMT_NOEXCEPT : file_(other.file_) {
     other.file_ = 0;
   }
 
@@ -185,7 +185,7 @@ public:
   void close();
 
   // Returns the pointer to a FILE object representing this file.
-  FILE *get() const { return file_; }
+  FILE *get() const FMT_NOEXCEPT { return file_; }
 
   int fileno() const;
 
@@ -196,7 +196,7 @@ public:
 };
 
 // A file. Closed file is represented by a File object with descriptor -1.
-// Methods that are not declared with FMT_NOEXCEPT(true) may throw
+// Methods that are not declared with FMT_NOEXCEPT may throw
 // fmt::SystemError in case of failure. Note that some errors such as
 // closing the file multiple times will cause a crash on Windows rather
 // than an exception. You can get standard behavior by overriding the
@@ -217,7 +217,7 @@ class File {
   };
 
   // Constructs a File object which doesn't represent any file.
-  File() FMT_NOEXCEPT(true) : fd_(-1) {}
+  File() FMT_NOEXCEPT : fd_(-1) {}
 
   // Opens a file and constructs a File object representing this file.
   File(fmt::StringRef path, int oflag);
@@ -235,10 +235,10 @@ class File {
 
  public:
   // A "move constructor" for moving from a temporary.
-  File(Proxy p) FMT_NOEXCEPT(true) : fd_(p.fd) {}
+  File(Proxy p) FMT_NOEXCEPT : fd_(p.fd) {}
 
   // A "move constructor" for for moving from an lvalue.
-  File(File &other) FMT_NOEXCEPT(true) : fd_(other.fd_) {
+  File(File &other) FMT_NOEXCEPT : fd_(other.fd_) {
     other.fd_ = -1;
   }
 
@@ -259,7 +259,7 @@ class File {
 
   // Returns a proxy object for moving from a temporary:
   //   File file = File(...);
-  operator Proxy() FMT_NOEXCEPT(true) {
+  operator Proxy() FMT_NOEXCEPT {
     Proxy p = {fd_};
     fd_ = -1;
     return p;
@@ -270,7 +270,7 @@ class File {
   FMT_DISALLOW_COPY_AND_ASSIGN(File);
 
  public:
-  File(File &&other) FMT_NOEXCEPT(true) : fd_(other.fd_) {
+  File(File &&other) FMT_NOEXCEPT : fd_(other.fd_) {
     other.fd_ = -1;
   }
 
@@ -283,10 +283,10 @@ class File {
 #endif
 
   // Destroys the object closing the file it represents if any.
-  ~File() FMT_NOEXCEPT(true);
+  ~File() FMT_NOEXCEPT;
 
   // Returns the file descriptor.
-  int descriptor() const FMT_NOEXCEPT(true) { return fd_; }
+  int descriptor() const FMT_NOEXCEPT { return fd_; }
 
   // Closes the file.
   void close();
@@ -310,7 +310,7 @@ class File {
 
   // Makes fd be the copy of this file descriptor, closing fd first if
   // necessary.
-  void dup2(int fd, ErrorCode &ec) FMT_NOEXCEPT(true);
+  void dup2(int fd, ErrorCode &ec) FMT_NOEXCEPT;
 
   // Creates a pipe setting up read_end and write_end file objects for reading
   // and writing respectively.
diff --git a/test/gtest-extra.cc b/test/gtest-extra.cc
index cbd4e934..93ca2193 100644
--- a/test/gtest-extra.cc
+++ b/test/gtest-extra.cc
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ OutputRedirect::OutputRedirect(FILE *file) : file_(file) {
   write_end.dup2(fd);
 }
 
-OutputRedirect::~OutputRedirect() FMT_NOEXCEPT(true) {
+OutputRedirect::~OutputRedirect() FMT_NOEXCEPT {
   try {
     restore();
   } catch (const std::exception &e) {
diff --git a/test/gtest-extra.h b/test/gtest-extra.h
index aa03bdff..df9cb7f0 100644
--- a/test/gtest-extra.h
+++ b/test/gtest-extra.h
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ class OutputRedirect {
 
  public:
   explicit OutputRedirect(FILE *file);
-  ~OutputRedirect() FMT_NOEXCEPT(true);
+  ~OutputRedirect() FMT_NOEXCEPT;
 
   // Restores the original file, reads output from the pipe into a string
   // and returns it.