diff --git a/libcxx/include/stdexcept b/libcxx/include/stdexcept
index 7a7f3679409959..7b5de7ea367c1f 100644
--- a/libcxx/include/stdexcept
+++ b/libcxx/include/stdexcept
@@ -42,11 +42,9 @@ public:
 */
 
 #include <__config>
+#include <cstdlib>
 #include <exception>
 #include <iosfwd>  // for string forward decl
-#ifdef _LIBCPP_NO_EXCEPTIONS
-#include <cstdlib>
-#endif
 
 #if !defined(_LIBCPP_HAS_NO_PRAGMA_SYSTEM_HEADER)
 #pragma GCC system_header