diff --git a/src/corelib/global/qcompilerdetection.h b/src/corelib/global/qcompilerdetection.h
index 0c02891e7db..5931d16711a 100644
--- a/src/corelib/global/qcompilerdetection.h
+++ b/src/corelib/global/qcompilerdetection.h
@@ -1329,8 +1329,7 @@ QT_WARNING_DISABLE_MSVC(4530) /* C++ exception handler used, but unwind semantic
 
 #if !defined(QT_NO_EXCEPTIONS)
 #  if !defined(Q_MOC_RUN)
-#    if (defined(Q_CC_CLANG) && !__has_feature(cxx_exceptions)) || \
-        (defined(Q_CC_GNU) && !defined(__EXCEPTIONS))
+#    if defined(Q_CC_GNU) && !defined(__cpp_exceptions)
 #      define QT_NO_EXCEPTIONS
 #    endif
 #  elif defined(QT_BOOTSTRAPPED)