diff --git a/racket/src/racket/include/scheme.h b/racket/src/racket/include/scheme.h
index 9cebae3bc9..0ce18ceaa9 100644
--- a/racket/src/racket/include/scheme.h
+++ b/racket/src/racket/include/scheme.h
@@ -252,10 +252,7 @@ extern "C"
 {
 #endif
 
-/* The reason we need two preprocessor variables is that, in gcc/clang the 
-   function attribute comes after the function declaration. However,
-   in MSVC the function attribute comes before the function declaration. */
-#ifdef __GNUC__
+#if defined(MZ_DECLARE_NORETURN) && defined(__GNUC__)
 #define NORETURN __attribute__((__noreturn__))
 #else
 #define NORETURN