1 files changed, 1 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/libstdc++-v3/testsuite/27_io/basic_istream/sentry/wchar_t/12297.cc b/libstdc++-v3/testsuite/27_io/basic_istream/sentry/wchar_t/12297.cc
index e72fe1a03a0..6e572cc653d 100644
--- a/libstdc++-v3/testsuite/27_io/basic_istream/sentry/wchar_t/12297.cc
+++ b/libstdc++-v3/testsuite/27_io/basic_istream/sentry/wchar_t/12297.cc
@@ -26,19 +26,12 @@ int main()
   wistringstream stream;
   stream.exceptions(ios_base::eofbit);
 
-  // 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
     {
       wistream::sentry sentry(stream, false);
       VERIFY( false );
     }
-  catch (exception_type&)
+  catch (std::ios_base::failure&)
     {
       VERIFY( stream.rdstate() == (ios_base::eofbit | ios_base::failbit) );
     }