diff --git a/libstdc++/ChangeLog b/libstdc++/ChangeLog
index 2cb0d0a9255..df27af30bf1 100644
--- a/libstdc++/ChangeLog
+++ b/libstdc++/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+1998-08-25  Martin von Löwis  <loewis@informatik.hu-berlin.de>
+
+	* stdexcept: Remove __HONOR_STD.
+
 1998-08-23  Mark Mitchell  <mark@markmitchell.com>
 
 	* sinst.cc: Don't explicitly instantiation string_char_traits<char>.
diff --git a/libstdc++/stdexcept b/libstdc++/stdexcept
index c0ac87fbf00..69e9627d577 100644
--- a/libstdc++/stdexcept
+++ b/libstdc++/stdexcept
@@ -37,9 +37,7 @@
 
 extern "C++" {
 
-#ifdef __HONOR_STD
 namespace std {
-#endif
 
 class logic_error : public exception {
   string _what;
@@ -92,9 +90,7 @@ public:
   underflow_error (const string& what_arg): runtime_error (what_arg) { }
 };
 
-#ifdef __HONOR_STD
 } // namespace std
-#endif
  
 } // extern "C++"