1 files changed, 1 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/libstdc++-v3/testsuite/27_io/basic_istream/extractors_arithmetic/wchar_t/exceptions_failbit.cc b/libstdc++-v3/testsuite/27_io/basic_istream/extractors_arithmetic/wchar_t/exceptions_failbit.cc
index 4ff48f73712..41d2f1fc24a 100644
--- a/libstdc++-v3/testsuite/27_io/basic_istream/extractors_arithmetic/wchar_t/exceptions_failbit.cc
+++ b/libstdc++-v3/testsuite/27_io/basic_istream/extractors_arithmetic/wchar_t/exceptions_failbit.cc
@@ -27,20 +27,13 @@ void test_failbit()
   wistringstream stream(L"jaylib - champion sound");
   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
     {
       T i;
       stream >> i;
       VERIFY( false );
     }
-  catch (const exception_type&)
+  catch (const std::ios_base::failure&)
     {
       // stream should set failbit and throw ios_base::failure.
       VERIFY( stream.fail() );