1 files changed, 1 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/libstdc++-v3/testsuite/27_io/basic_istream/extractors_other/wchar_t/exceptions_null.cc b/libstdc++-v3/testsuite/27_io/basic_istream/extractors_other/wchar_t/exceptions_null.cc
index fd6322b4cdb..d51bcd5e469 100644
--- a/libstdc++-v3/testsuite/27_io/basic_istream/extractors_other/wchar_t/exceptions_null.cc
+++ b/libstdc++-v3/testsuite/27_io/basic_istream/extractors_other/wchar_t/exceptions_null.cc
@@ -35,19 +35,12 @@ void test4()
   wistringstream stream;
   stream.exceptions(ios_base::failbit);
 
-  // The library throws the new definition of std::ios::failure
-#if _GLIBCXX_USE_CXX11_ABI
-    typedef std::ios_base::failure exception_type;
-#else
-    typedef std::exception exception_type;
-#endif
-
   try
     {
       stream >> static_cast<wstreambuf*>(0);
       VERIFY( false );
     }
-  catch (exception_type&)
+  catch (std::ios_base::failure&)
     {
     }