diff --git a/include/boost/regex/v5/pattern_except.hpp b/include/boost/regex/v5/pattern_except.hpp
index 3fbdca0a2..d71a32b7b 100644
--- a/include/boost/regex/v5/pattern_except.hpp
+++ b/include/boost/regex/v5/pattern_except.hpp
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ class regex_error : public std::runtime_error
       , m_position(0)
    {
    }
-   ~regex_error() noexcept override {}
+   ~regex_error() noexcept override = default;
    regex_constants::error_type code()const
    { return m_error_code; }
    std::ptrdiff_t position()const