diff --git a/src/Debug.hpp b/src/Debug.hpp
index 82cda1d..bcebcb5 100644
--- a/src/Debug.hpp
+++ b/src/Debug.hpp
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ class LogUtil //replaces std::clog, std::cerr, std::cout with file streams
     {
         static LogUtil lu;
     }
-    ~LogUtil() noexcept
+    ~LogUtil()
     {
         std::clog.rdbuf(clogbuf), clogbuf = nullptr;
         std::cerr.rdbuf(cerrbuf), cerrbuf = nullptr;
diff --git a/src/Exception.hpp b/src/Exception.hpp
index e9d9b85..f6f3a53 100644
--- a/src/Exception.hpp
+++ b/src/Exception.hpp
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ namespace chesspp
         Exception(Exception &&) noexcept = default;
         Exception &operator=(Exception const &) = default;
         Exception &operator=(Exception &&) = default;
-        virtual ~Exception() noexcept = default;
+        virtual ~Exception() = default;
 
         virtual bool operator==(std::exception const &other) const noexcept
         {
diff --git a/src/README.md b/src/README.md
index 88646c4..efbd024 100644
--- a/src/README.md
+++ b/src/README.md
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ Style Guide & Coding Conventions
 - Prefer inlining functions, ctors, and dtors, so long as they do not increase header file coupling.
 - Try to make as many functions `noexcept` as possible, or at least use the conditional `noexcept` syntax.
 - If a function is known for throwing exceptions, write `noexcept(false)` as a visual indicator.
+- Destructors are `noexcept(true)` by default, do not put the `noexcept` specifier on a dtor unless it is conditional or `noexcept(false)`.
 - Try to avoid excess or repetitive "access:" specifiers.
 - Avoid strange spaces before open parens and open braces and in other places unless you are lining up code with other code for readability and emphasis of relation.
 - There is no line character limit, but that is because you shouldn't have exceedingly long lines (unless they just have exceedingly long identifiers). Instead, avoid deeply nested compound expressions - they reduce readability and hinder understanding of what code is for and/or doing.
diff --git a/src/ResourceManager.hpp b/src/ResourceManager.hpp
index 235eb84..bd10a5d 100644
--- a/src/ResourceManager.hpp
+++ b/src/ResourceManager.hpp
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ namespace chesspp
         ResourceManager() noexcept
         {
         }
-        ~ResourceManager() noexcept
+        ~ResourceManager()
         {
         }
 
diff --git a/src/SFMLEvent.hpp b/src/SFMLEvent.hpp
index b04666b..1babb21 100644
--- a/src/SFMLEvent.hpp
+++ b/src/SFMLEvent.hpp
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ namespace chesspp
         virtual void OnJoystickConnected     (uint joystickID)                                                        noexcept {}
         virtual void OnJoystickDisconnected  (uint joystickID)                                                        noexcept {}
 
-        virtual ~SFMLEvent() noexcept
+        virtual ~SFMLEvent()
         {
         }
     };
diff --git a/src/board/Board.hpp b/src/board/Board.hpp
index 083d4e2..ff90e7f 100644
--- a/src/board/Board.hpp
+++ b/src/board/Board.hpp
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ namespace chesspp
             Piece *selectedPiece = nullptr;
 
             Board();
-            ~Board() noexcept;
+            ~Board();
 
             // Loads the game from new_game.txt
             bool newGame(std::string const &fileName);
diff --git a/src/config/Configuration.hpp b/src/config/Configuration.hpp
index f3f3c2f..c0b66f6 100644
--- a/src/config/Configuration.hpp
+++ b/src/config/Configuration.hpp
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ namespace chesspp
             Configuration(const std::string &configFile) noexcept(false) : res_path(getResourcePath()), reader(std::ifstream(getResourcePath() + configFile))
             {
             }
-            virtual ~Configuration() noexcept
+            virtual ~Configuration()
             {
             }
 
diff --git a/src/util/JsonReader.hpp b/src/util/JsonReader.hpp
index d7408f4..7b23d74 100644
--- a/src/util/JsonReader.hpp
+++ b/src/util/JsonReader.hpp
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ namespace chesspp
             JsonReader(std::istream &&s) noexcept(false) : JsonReader(s)
             {
             }
-            ~JsonReader() noexcept
+            ~JsonReader()
             {
                 json_value_free(json), json = nullptr;
             }
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ namespace chesspp
                 NestedValue(NestedValue const &) noexcept = default;
                 NestedValue(NestedValue &&) noexcept = default;
                 NestedValue &operator=(NestedValue &&) noexcept = default;
-                ~NestedValue() noexcept = default;
+                ~NestedValue() = default;
                 
                 json_type type() const noexcept //may wish to add an abstraction layer between json-parser
                 {