diff --git a/include/assert.h b/include/assert.h
index c64d3e52..ab745db1 100644
--- a/include/assert.h
+++ b/include/assert.h
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 extern "C" {
 #endif
 
-_Noreturn void __assert_fail (const char *, const char *, int, const char *);
+void __assert_fail (const char *, const char *, int, const char *);
 
 #ifdef __cplusplus
 }
diff --git a/src/exit/assert.c b/src/exit/assert.c
index 49b0dc3e..e87442a7 100644
--- a/src/exit/assert.c
+++ b/src/exit/assert.c
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
 
-_Noreturn void __assert_fail(const char *expr, const char *file, int line, const char *func)
+void __assert_fail(const char *expr, const char *file, int line, const char *func)
 {
 	fprintf(stderr, "Assertion failed: %s (%s: %s: %d)\n", expr, file, func, line);
 	fflush(NULL);