diff --git a/include/qpdf/QPDFExc.hh b/include/qpdf/QPDFExc.hh
index b97fca9d..fe0aa1d5 100644
--- a/include/qpdf/QPDFExc.hh
+++ b/include/qpdf/QPDFExc.hh
@@ -39,7 +39,9 @@ class QPDFExc: public std::runtime_error
 	    qpdf_offset_t offset,
 	    std::string const& message);
     QPDF_DLL
-    virtual ~QPDFExc() throw ();
+    virtual ~QPDFExc() throw ()
+    {
+    }
 
     // To get a complete error string, call what(), provided by
     // std::exception.  The accessors below return the original values
diff --git a/libqpdf/QPDFExc.cc b/libqpdf/QPDFExc.cc
index b816e913..77de5bba 100644
--- a/libqpdf/QPDFExc.cc
+++ b/libqpdf/QPDFExc.cc
@@ -15,10 +15,6 @@ QPDFExc::QPDFExc(qpdf_error_code_e error_code,
 {
 }
 
-QPDFExc::~QPDFExc() throw ()
-{
-}
-
 std::string
 QPDFExc::createWhat(std::string const& filename,
 		    std::string const& object,