diff --git a/Installation/include/CGAL/config.h b/Installation/include/CGAL/config.h
index 0e8f442478d..c3d51a8f28a 100644
--- a/Installation/include/CGAL/config.h
+++ b/Installation/include/CGAL/config.h
@@ -614,10 +614,6 @@ namespace cpp11{
 }//namespace cpp11
 } //namespace CGAL
 
-//Support for c++11 noexcept
-#if !defined(BOOST_NO_NOEXCEPT)
-#define CGAL_NOEXCEPT(x) noexcept(x)
-
 // The fallthrough attribute
 // See for clang:
 //   http://clang.llvm.org/docs/AttributeReference.html#statement-attributes