diff --git a/include/SQLiteCpp/Column.h b/include/SQLiteCpp/Column.h
index 041a9a9..9fa32db 100644
--- a/include/SQLiteCpp/Column.h
+++ b/include/SQLiteCpp/Column.h
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ public:
      *
      * Note this correctly handles strings that contain null bytes.
      */
-    std::string getString() const noexcept; // nothrow
+    std::string getString() const;
 
     /**
      * @brief Return the type of the value of the column
diff --git a/src/Column.cpp b/src/Column.cpp
index ee95e55..c52f520 100644
--- a/src/Column.cpp
+++ b/src/Column.cpp
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ const void* Column::getBlob() const noexcept // nothrow
 }
 
 // Return a std::string to a TEXT or BLOB column
-std::string Column::getString() const noexcept // nothrow
+std::string Column::getString() const
 {
     // Note: using sqlite3_column_blob and not sqlite3_column_text
     // - no need for sqlite3_column_text to add a \0 on the end, as we're getting the bytes length directly