diff --git a/libstdc++-v3/ChangeLog b/libstdc++-v3/ChangeLog
index 440cbc40dcb587745715e43bfc72fc9d33105f32..2f08f4f9897905b3fccf66ecf36b6912dc4b59c5 100644
--- a/libstdc++-v3/ChangeLog
+++ b/libstdc++-v3/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2000-12-13  Benjamin Kosnik  <bkoz@redhat.com>
+
+	* include/bits/locale_facets.h (ctype<char>): Remove throw specs not in
+	base class signature.
+
 2000-12-13  Benjamin Kosnik  <bkoz@redhat.com>
 
 	* config/os/generic/bits/ctype_base.h (ctype_base): Consistency
diff --git a/libstdc++-v3/include/bits/locale_facets.h b/libstdc++-v3/include/bits/locale_facets.h
index c89bb213479298672ef58eda078f06602834c851..51e727642cf164b9ebd377a4e5a67c77c3b210cd 100644
--- a/libstdc++-v3/include/bits/locale_facets.h
+++ b/libstdc++-v3/include/bits/locale_facets.h
@@ -232,16 +232,16 @@ namespace std
       ctype(const mask* __table = 0, bool __del = false, size_t __refs = 0);
 
       inline bool 
-      is(mask __m, char __c) const throw();
+      is(mask __m, char __c) const;
  
       inline const char*
-      is(const char* __low, const char* __high, mask* __vec) const throw();
+      is(const char* __low, const char* __high, mask* __vec) const;
  
       inline const char*
-      scan_is(mask __m, const char* __low, const char* __high) const throw();
+      scan_is(mask __m, const char* __low, const char* __high) const;
 
       inline const char*
-      scan_not(mask __m, const char* __low, const char* __high) const throw();
+      scan_not(mask __m, const char* __low, const char* __high) const;
      
     protected:
       virtual