diff --git a/src/util.cc b/src/util.cc
index 3db0b5467c..a7fae2700f 100644
--- a/src/util.cc
+++ b/src/util.cc
@@ -1763,7 +1763,7 @@ vector<string>* tokenize_string(std::string_view input, std::string_view delim,
     return rval;
 }
 
-vector<std::string_view> tokenize_string(std::string_view input, const char delim) noexcept {
+vector<std::string_view> tokenize_string(std::string_view input, const char delim) {
     vector<std::string_view> rval;
 
     size_t pos = 0;
diff --git a/src/util.h b/src/util.h
index 3e8d2943af..7beb6a9001 100644
--- a/src/util.h
+++ b/src/util.h
@@ -338,7 +338,7 @@ inline std::string get_escaped_string(const std::string& str, bool escape_all) {
 std::vector<std::string>* tokenize_string(std::string_view input, std::string_view delim,
                                           std::vector<std::string>* rval = nullptr, int limit = 0);
 
-std::vector<std::string_view> tokenize_string(std::string_view input, const char delim) noexcept;
+std::vector<std::string_view> tokenize_string(std::string_view input, const char delim);
 
 extern char* copy_string(const char* str, size_t len);
 extern char* copy_string(const char* s);