diff --git a/src/exceptions.h b/src/exceptions.h
index 1df6c5d1a3..1c9d8c8daf 100644
--- a/src/exceptions.h
+++ b/src/exceptions.h
@@ -26,9 +26,9 @@ class LAMMPSException : public std::exception {
 
   LAMMPSException(const std::string &msg) : message(msg) {}
 
-  ~LAMMPSException() throw() {}
+  ~LAMMPSException() noexcept {}
 
-  virtual const char *what() const throw() { return message.c_str(); }
+  virtual const char *what() const noexcept { return message.c_str(); }
 };
 
 class LAMMPSAbortException : public LAMMPSException {
diff --git a/src/file_writer.h b/src/file_writer.h
index 473975d7fe..42e636d16f 100644
--- a/src/file_writer.h
+++ b/src/file_writer.h
@@ -39,9 +39,9 @@ class FileWriterException : public std::exception {
  public:
   FileWriterException(const std::string &msg) : message(msg) {}
 
-  ~FileWriterException() throw() {}
+  ~FileWriterException() noexcept {}
 
-  virtual const char *what() const throw() { return message.c_str(); }
+  virtual const char *what() const noexcept { return message.c_str(); }
 };
 
 }    // namespace LAMMPS_NS
diff --git a/src/text_file_reader.h b/src/text_file_reader.h
index 98657a937e..826f470299 100644
--- a/src/text_file_reader.h
+++ b/src/text_file_reader.h
@@ -52,9 +52,9 @@ class FileReaderException : public std::exception {
  public:
   FileReaderException(const std::string &msg) : message(msg) {}
 
-  ~FileReaderException() throw() {}
+  ~FileReaderException() noexcept {}
 
-  virtual const char *what() const throw() { return message.c_str(); }
+  virtual const char *what() const noexcept { return message.c_str(); }
 };
 
 class EOFException : public FileReaderException {
diff --git a/src/tokenizer.h b/src/tokenizer.h
index 7f45a512dd..ad4f0d3536 100644
--- a/src/tokenizer.h
+++ b/src/tokenizer.h
@@ -62,11 +62,11 @@ class TokenizerException : public std::exception {
    * \param  token  String of the token/word that caused the error */
   TokenizerException(const std::string &msg, const std::string &token);
 
-  ~TokenizerException() throw() {}
+  ~TokenizerException() noexcept {}
 
   /** Retrieve message describing the thrown exception
    * \return string with error message */
-  virtual const char *what() const throw() { return message.c_str(); }
+  virtual const char *what() const noexcept { return message.c_str(); }
 };
 
 class InvalidIntegerException : public TokenizerException {