diff --git a/include/ircd/tokens.h b/include/ircd/tokens.h
index 233192112..5cc62d564 100644
--- a/include/ircd/tokens.h
+++ b/include/ircd/tokens.h
@@ -18,15 +18,15 @@ namespace ircd
 	// to allocate and copy the token with null termination.
 	using token_view = closure_bool<std::function, const string_view &>;
 
-	bool tokens(const string_view &, const char sep, const token_view &) noexcept;
-	bool tokens(const string_view &, const string_view &sep, const token_view &) noexcept;
+	bool tokens(const string_view &, const char sep, const token_view &);
+	bool tokens(const string_view &, const string_view &sep, const token_view &);
 
-	size_t tokens(const string_view &, const char sep, const size_t lim, const token_view &) noexcept;
-	size_t tokens(const string_view &, const string_view &sep, const size_t lim, const token_view &) noexcept;
+	size_t tokens(const string_view &, const char sep, const size_t lim, const token_view &);
+	size_t tokens(const string_view &, const string_view &sep, const size_t lim, const token_view &);
 
 	// Copies tokens into your buffer and null terminates strtok() style. Returns BYTES of buf consumed.
-	size_t tokens(const string_view &, const char sep, const mutable_buffer &, const token_view &) noexcept;
-	size_t tokens(const string_view &, const string_view &sep, const mutable_buffer &, const token_view &) noexcept;
+	size_t tokens(const string_view &, const char sep, const mutable_buffer &, const token_view &);
+	size_t tokens(const string_view &, const string_view &sep, const mutable_buffer &, const token_view &);
 
 	// Receive token view into iterator range
 	template<class it,
diff --git a/ircd/tokens.cc b/ircd/tokens.cc
index 27250f812..0ba6527d4 100644
--- a/ircd/tokens.cc
+++ b/ircd/tokens.cc
@@ -373,7 +373,6 @@ ircd::tokens(const string_view &str,
              const char sep_,
              const mutable_buffer &buf,
              const token_view &closure)
-noexcept
 {
 	assert(sep_ != '\0');
 	const char _sep[2]
@@ -394,7 +393,6 @@ ircd::tokens(const string_view &str,
              const string_view &sep,
              const mutable_buffer &buf,
              const token_view &closure)
-noexcept
 {
 	char *ptr(data(buf));
 	char *const stop(data(buf) + size(buf));
@@ -419,7 +417,6 @@ ircd::tokens(const string_view &str,
              const char sep,
              const size_t limit,
              const token_view &closure)
-noexcept
 {
 	using type = string_view;
 	using iter = typename type::const_iterator;
@@ -444,7 +441,6 @@ ircd::tokens(const string_view &str,
              const string_view &sep,
              const size_t limit,
              const token_view &closure)
-noexcept
 {
 	using type = string_view;
 	using iter = typename type::const_iterator;
@@ -468,7 +464,6 @@ bool
 ircd::tokens(const string_view &str,
              const char sep,
              const token_view &closure)
-noexcept
 {
 	using type = string_view;
 	using iter = typename type::const_iterator;
@@ -491,7 +486,6 @@ bool
 ircd::tokens(const string_view &str,
              const string_view &sep,
              const token_view &closure)
-noexcept
 {
 	using type = string_view;
 	using iter = typename type::const_iterator;