diff --git a/include/tl/optional.hpp b/include/tl/optional.hpp
index e9c59c2..1ff3d4a 100644
--- a/include/tl/optional.hpp
+++ b/include/tl/optional.hpp
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@
 #define TL_OPTIONAL_VERSION_MINOR 1
 #define TL_OPTIONAL_VERSION_PATCH 0
 
-#include <exception>
 #include <functional>
 #include <new>
 #include <type_traits>
@@ -664,7 +663,7 @@ struct nullopt_t {
 static constexpr nullopt_t nullopt{nullopt_t::do_not_use{},
                                    nullopt_t::do_not_use{}};
 
-class bad_optional_access : public std::exception {
+class bad_optional_access {
 public:
   bad_optional_access() = default;
   const char *what() const noexcept { return "Optional has no value"; }