diff --git a/src/preprocessor.h b/src/preprocessor.h
index 335413f19..15510255c 100644
--- a/src/preprocessor.h
+++ b/src/preprocessor.h
@@ -103,7 +103,6 @@ protected:
      * Remove redundant parantheses from preprocessor commands. This should only be called from read().
      * @param str Code processed by read().
      * @return code with reduced parantheses
-     * @throws std::runtime_error when code contains unhandled characters
      */
     static std::string removeParantheses(const std::string &str);