diff --git a/src/google/protobuf/generated_message_tctable_impl.h b/src/google/protobuf/generated_message_tctable_impl.h
index c2be089bc4a15..441a4293a9985 100644
--- a/src/google/protobuf/generated_message_tctable_impl.h
+++ b/src/google/protobuf/generated_message_tctable_impl.h
@@ -248,9 +248,6 @@ enum FieldType : uint16_t {
 
 #ifndef NDEBUG
 template <size_t align>
-#ifndef _MSC_VER
-[[noreturn]]
-#endif
 void AlignFail(uintptr_t address) {
   GOOGLE_LOG(FATAL) << "Unaligned (" << align << ") access at " << address;
 }