diff --git a/Examples/test-suite/director_exception.i b/Examples/test-suite/director_exception.i
index 78bd715cd..8c2ccc61b 100644
--- a/Examples/test-suite/director_exception.i
+++ b/Examples/test-suite/director_exception.i
@@ -2,18 +2,6 @@
 
 %warnfilter(SWIGWARN_TYPEMAP_DIRECTOROUT_PTR) return_const_char_star;
 
-%{
-// throw is deprecated in C++11 and invalid in C++17 and later
-#if defined(__cplusplus) && __cplusplus >= 201103L
-#define throw(TYPES...)
-#else
-#define throw(TYPES...) throw(TYPES)
-#if defined(_MSC_VER)
-  #pragma warning(disable: 4290) // C++ exception specification ignored except to indicate a function is not __declspec(nothrow)
-#endif
-#endif
-%}
-
 %{
 #include <string>
 
@@ -127,6 +115,18 @@ Foo *launder(Foo *f) {
 %feature("director") Bar;
 %feature("director") ReturnAllTypes;
 
+%{
+// throw is deprecated in C++11 and invalid in C++17 and later
+#if defined(__cplusplus) && __cplusplus >= 201103L
+#define throw(TYPES...)
+#else
+#define throw(TYPES...) throw(TYPES)
+#if defined(_MSC_VER)
+  #pragma warning(disable: 4290) // C++ exception specification ignored except to indicate a function is not __declspec(nothrow)
+#endif
+#endif
+%}
+
 %inline %{
   struct Exception1
   {