diff --git a/Lib/typemaps/std_except.swg b/Lib/typemaps/std_except.swg
index 3ce479a50..cb5ed3050 100644
--- a/Lib/typemaps/std_except.swg
+++ b/Lib/typemaps/std_except.swg
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 %include <typemaps/exception.swg>
-%include <std/std_except.i>
 
 /* 
    Mark all of std exception classes as "exception classes" via
@@ -34,63 +33,4 @@ namespace std {
   %std_exception_map(underflow_error,    SWIG_OverflowError);
 }
 
-#if defined(SWIG_STD_EXCEPTIONS_AS_CLASSES)
-
-namespace std {
-  struct exception 
-  {
-    virtual ~exception() throw();
-    virtual const char* what() const throw();
-  };
-
-  struct bad_exception : exception 
-  {
-  };
-
-  struct logic_error : exception 
-  {
-    logic_error(const string& msg);
-  };
-
-  struct domain_error : logic_error 
-  {
-    domain_error(const string& msg);
-  };
-
-  struct invalid_argument : logic_error 
-  {
-    invalid_argument(const string& msg);
-  };
-
-  struct length_error : logic_error 
-  {
-    length_error(const string& msg);
-  };
-
-  struct out_of_range : logic_error 
-  {
-    out_of_range(const string& msg);
-  };
-
-  struct runtime_error : exception 
-  {
-    runtime_error(const string& msg);
-  };
-
-  struct range_error : runtime_error 
-  {
-    range_error(const string& msg);
-  };
-
-  struct overflow_error : runtime_error 
-  {
-    overflow_error(const string& msg);
-  };
-
-  struct underflow_error : runtime_error 
-  {
-    underflow_error(const string& msg);
-  };
-}
-
-#endif
+%include <std/std_except.i>