diff --git a/include/boost/archive/archive_exception.hpp b/include/boost/archive/archive_exception.hpp
index 889ba9d7..ffb430c6 100644
--- a/include/boost/archive/archive_exception.hpp
+++ b/include/boost/archive/archive_exception.hpp
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ namespace archive {
 //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 // exceptions thrown by archives
 //
-class BOOST_SYMBOL_VISIBLE archive_exception : 
+class BOOST_ARCHIVE_DECL(BOOST_PP_EMPTY()) archive_exception : 
     public virtual std::exception
 {
 protected:
@@ -82,13 +82,13 @@ public:
         exception_code c, 
         const char * e1 = NULL,
         const char * e2 = NULL
-    ) BOOST_NOEXCEPT;
-    virtual ~archive_exception() BOOST_NOEXCEPT_OR_NOTHROW ;
-    virtual const char *what() const BOOST_NOEXCEPT_OR_NOTHROW ;
+    );
+    virtual ~archive_exception() throw();
+    virtual const char *what() const throw();
 protected:
     unsigned int
     append(unsigned int l, const char * a);
-    archive_exception() BOOST_NOEXCEPT;
+    archive_exception();
 };
 
 }// namespace archive
diff --git a/include/boost/archive/codecvt_null.hpp b/include/boost/archive/codecvt_null.hpp
index 4668c435..75387a97 100644
--- a/include/boost/archive/codecvt_null.hpp
+++ b/include/boost/archive/codecvt_null.hpp
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ class codecvt_null;
 template<>
 class codecvt_null<char> : public std::codecvt<char, char, std::mbstate_t>
 {
-    virtual bool do_always_noconv() const BOOST_NOEXCEPT_OR_NOTHROW {
+    virtual bool do_always_noconv() const throw() {
         return true;
     }
 public:
diff --git a/include/boost/serialization/detail/shared_count_132.hpp b/include/boost/serialization/detail/shared_count_132.hpp
index 0bba312c..a63e4884 100644
--- a/include/boost/serialization/detail/shared_count_132.hpp
+++ b/include/boost/serialization/detail/shared_count_132.hpp
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ class bad_weak_ptr: public std::exception
 {
 public:
 
-    virtual char const * what() const BOOST_NOEXCEPT_OR_NOTHROW
+    virtual char const * what() const throw()
     {
         return "boost::bad_weak_ptr";
     }
diff --git a/src/archive_exception.cpp b/src/archive_exception.cpp
index 368f0376..d06303f6 100644
--- a/src/archive_exception.cpp
+++ b/src/archive_exception.cpp
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ archive_exception::archive_exception(
     exception_code c, 
     const char * e1,
     const char * e2
-) BOOST_NOEXCEPT :
+) : 
     code(c)
 {
     unsigned int length = 0;
@@ -111,15 +111,16 @@ archive_exception::archive_exception(
     }
 }
 BOOST_ARCHIVE_DECL(BOOST_PP_EMPTY())
-archive_exception::~archive_exception() BOOST_NOEXCEPT_OR_NOTHROW {}
+archive_exception::~archive_exception() throw() {}
 
 BOOST_ARCHIVE_DECL(const char *)
-archive_exception::what( ) const BOOST_NOEXCEPT_OR_NOTHROW {
+archive_exception::what( ) const throw()
+{
     return m_buffer;
 }
 BOOST_ARCHIVE_DECL(BOOST_PP_EMPTY())
-archive_exception::archive_exception() BOOST_NOEXCEPT :
-    code(no_exception)
+archive_exception::archive_exception() : 
+        code(no_exception)
 {}
 
 } // archive