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/include/SQLiteCpp/Database.h b/include/SQLiteCpp/Database.h
index b7d87bd..60781ec 100644
--- a/include/SQLiteCpp/Database.h
+++ b/include/SQLiteCpp/Database.h
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ public:
      *
      * @throw SQLite::Exception in case of error
      */
-    void setBusyTimeout(const int aBusyTimeoutMs) noexcept; // nothrow
+    void setBusyTimeout(const int aBusyTimeoutMs);
 
     /**
      * @brief Shortcut to execute one or multiple statements without results.
diff --git a/src/Column.cpp b/src/Column.cpp
index 37895db..179c45c 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
diff --git a/src/Database.cpp b/src/Database.cpp
index b27470c..e7d4716 100644
--- a/src/Database.cpp
+++ b/src/Database.cpp
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ Database::~Database() noexcept // nothrow
  *
  * @throw SQLite::Exception in case of error
  */
-void Database::setBusyTimeout(const int aBusyTimeoutMs) noexcept // nothrow
+void Database::setBusyTimeout(const int aBusyTimeoutMs)
 {
     const int ret = sqlite3_busy_timeout(mpSQLite, aBusyTimeoutMs);
     check(ret);