diff --git a/include/gsl/gsl_assert b/include/gsl/gsl_assert
index 7a9e8ad..96eaada 100644
--- a/include/gsl/gsl_assert
+++ b/include/gsl/gsl_assert
@@ -17,8 +17,27 @@
 #ifndef GSL_CONTRACTS_H
 #define GSL_CONTRACTS_H
 
+//
+// Temporary until MSVC STL supports no-exceptions mode.
+// Currently terminate is a no-op in this mode, so we add termination behavior back
+//
+#if defined(_MSC_VER) && (defined(_KERNEL_MODE) || (defined(_HAS_EXCEPTIONS) && !_HAS_EXCEPTIONS))
+
+#define GSL_MSVC_USE_STL_NOEXCEPTION_WORKAROUND
+#include <intrin.h>
+#define RANGE_CHECKS_FAILURE 0
+
+#if defined(__clang__)
+#pragma clang diagnostic push
+#pragma clang diagnostic ignored "-Winvalid-noreturn"
+#endif // defined(__clang__)
+
+#else // defined(_MSC_VER) && (defined(_KERNEL_MODE) || (defined(_HAS_EXCEPTIONS) && !_HAS_EXCEPTIONS))
+
 #include <exception>
 
+#endif // defined(_MSC_VER) && (defined(_KERNEL_MODE) || (defined(_HAS_EXCEPTIONS) && !_HAS_EXCEPTIONS))
+
 //
 // make suppress attributes parse for some compilers
 // Hopefully temporary until suppression standardization occurs
@@ -33,32 +52,18 @@
 #endif // _MSC_VER
 #endif // __clang__
 
-//
-// Temporary until MSVC STL supports no-exceptions mode.
-// Currently terminate is a no-op in this mode, so we add termination behavior back
-//
-#if defined(_MSC_VER) && defined(_HAS_EXCEPTIONS) && !_HAS_EXCEPTIONS
-#define GSL_MSVC_USE_STL_NOEXCEPTION_WORKAROUND
-#include <intrin.h>
-#define RANGE_CHECKS_FAILURE 0
-
-#if defined(__clang__)
-#pragma clang diagnostic push
-#pragma clang diagnostic ignored "-Winvalid-noreturn"
-#endif
-
-#endif
-
 #define GSL_STRINGIFY_DETAIL(x) #x
 #define GSL_STRINGIFY(x) GSL_STRINGIFY_DETAIL(x)
 
 #if defined(__clang__) || defined(__GNUC__)
 #define GSL_LIKELY(x) __builtin_expect(!!(x), 1)
 #define GSL_UNLIKELY(x) __builtin_expect(!!(x), 0)
+
 #else
+
 #define GSL_LIKELY(x) (!!(x))
 #define GSL_UNLIKELY(x) (!!(x))
-#endif
+#endif // defined(__clang__) || defined(__GNUC__)
 
 //
 // GSL_ASSUME(cond)
@@ -85,9 +90,11 @@ namespace details
 {
 #if defined(GSL_MSVC_USE_STL_NOEXCEPTION_WORKAROUND)
 
-    typedef void  (__cdecl *terminate_handler)();
+    typedef void(__cdecl* terminate_handler)();
 
+    // clang-format off
     GSL_SUPPRESS(f.6) // NO-FORMAT: attribute
+    // clang-format on
     [[noreturn]] inline void __cdecl default_terminate_handler()
     {
         __fastfail(RANGE_CHECKS_FAILURE);
@@ -99,7 +106,7 @@ namespace details
         return handler;
     }
 
-#endif
+#endif // defined(GSL_MSVC_USE_STL_NOEXCEPTION_WORKAROUND)
 
     [[noreturn]] inline void terminate() noexcept
     {
@@ -107,21 +114,12 @@ namespace details
         (*gsl::details::get_terminate_handler())();
 #else
         std::terminate();
-#endif
+#endif // defined(GSL_MSVC_USE_STL_NOEXCEPTION_WORKAROUND)
     }
 
-    template <typename Exception>
-    [[deprecated("GSL no longer supports throwing for contract violations. Use gsl::details::terminate() instead.")]]
-    [[noreturn]] void throw_exception(Exception&&) noexcept
-    {
-        gsl::details::terminate();
-    }
-
-
 } // namespace details
 } // namespace gsl
 
-
 #define GSL_CONTRACT_CHECK(type, cond)                                                             \
     (GSL_LIKELY(cond) ? static_cast<void>(0) : gsl::details::terminate())