diff --git a/ReactCommon/cxxreact/MethodCall.cpp b/ReactCommon/cxxreact/MethodCall.cpp
index a83c2955fe5..79c7f49a259 100644
--- a/ReactCommon/cxxreact/MethodCall.cpp
+++ b/ReactCommon/cxxreact/MethodCall.cpp
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ namespace react {
 
 static const char *errorPrefix = "Malformed calls from JS: ";
 
-std::vector<MethodCall> parseMethodCalls(folly::dynamic&& jsonData) throw(std::invalid_argument) {
+std::vector<MethodCall> parseMethodCalls(folly::dynamic&& jsonData) {
   if (jsonData.isNull()) {
     return {};
   }
@@ -77,4 +77,3 @@ std::vector<MethodCall> parseMethodCalls(folly::dynamic&& jsonData) throw(std::i
 }
 
 }}
-
diff --git a/ReactCommon/cxxreact/MethodCall.h b/ReactCommon/cxxreact/MethodCall.h
index b6ed095fb6c..be843b9abd2 100644
--- a/ReactCommon/cxxreact/MethodCall.h
+++ b/ReactCommon/cxxreact/MethodCall.h
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ struct MethodCall {
     , callId(cid) {}
 };
 
-std::vector<MethodCall> parseMethodCalls(folly::dynamic&& calls) throw(std::invalid_argument);
+/// \throws std::invalid_argument
+std::vector<MethodCall> parseMethodCalls(folly::dynamic&& calls);
 
 } }
diff --git a/ReactCommon/cxxreact/RecoverableError.h b/ReactCommon/cxxreact/RecoverableError.h
index 5aec7101c38..2ecc64bfb4a 100644
--- a/ReactCommon/cxxreact/RecoverableError.h
+++ b/ReactCommon/cxxreact/RecoverableError.h
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ struct RecoverableError : public std::exception {
     : m_what { "facebook::react::Recoverable: " + what_ }
   {}
 
-  virtual const char* what() const throw() override { return m_what.c_str(); }
+  virtual const char* what() const noexcept override { return m_what.c_str(); }
 
   /**
    * runRethrowingAsRecoverable