diff --git a/sbe-tool/src/main/java/uk/co/real_logic/sbe/generation/cpp/CppGenerator.java b/sbe-tool/src/main/java/uk/co/real_logic/sbe/generation/cpp/CppGenerator.java
index 6ccaa533e8..cc4da15691 100755
--- a/sbe-tool/src/main/java/uk/co/real_logic/sbe/generation/cpp/CppGenerator.java
+++ b/sbe-tool/src/main/java/uk/co/real_logic/sbe/generation/cpp/CppGenerator.java
@@ -2264,7 +2264,7 @@ private void generateEnumProperty(
         else
         {
             new Formatter(sb).format("\n" +
-                indent + "    SBE_NODISCARD %1$s::Value %2$s() const SBE_NOEXCEPT\n" +
+                indent + "    SBE_NODISCARD %1$s::Value %2$s() const\n" +
                 indent + "    {\n" +
                 "%3$s" +
                 indent + "        %5$s val;\n" +