diff --git a/libstdc++-v3/include/std/optional b/libstdc++-v3/include/std/optional
index 37c2ba7a025..e84ba28a806 100644
--- a/libstdc++-v3/include/std/optional
+++ b/libstdc++-v3/include/std/optional
@@ -688,7 +688,7 @@ _GLIBCXX_BEGIN_NAMESPACE_VERSION
     public:
       using value_type = _Tp;
 
-      constexpr optional() = default;
+      constexpr optional() noexcept { }
 
       constexpr optional(nullopt_t) noexcept { }