diff --git a/api/test/nostd/string_view_test.cc b/api/test/nostd/string_view_test.cc
index 52c72ea4d8..b0eca88eb1 100644
--- a/api/test/nostd/string_view_test.cc
+++ b/api/test/nostd/string_view_test.cc
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ TEST(StringViewTest, SubstrOutOfRange)
 {
   string_view s = "abc123";
 #if __EXCEPTIONS || ((defined(OPENTELEMETRY_STL_VERSION) && (OPENTELEMETRY_STL_VERSION >= 2020)))
-  EXPECT_THROW(s.substr(10), std::out_of_range);
+  EXPECT_THROW((void)s.substr(10), std::out_of_range);
 #else
   EXPECT_DEATH({ s.substr(10); }, "");
 #endif