diff --git a/src/node.cc b/src/node.cc
index e52b2811aced95..28ed9f2db9f927 100644
--- a/src/node.cc
+++ b/src/node.cc
@@ -1039,14 +1039,14 @@ static MaybeLocal<Value> ExecuteString(Environment* env,
 }
 
 
-NO_RETURN void Abort() {
+[[noreturn]] void Abort() {
   DumpBacktrace(stderr);
   fflush(stderr);
   ABORT_NO_BACKTRACE();
 }
 
 
-NO_RETURN void Assert(const char* const (*args)[4]) {
+[[noreturn]] void Assert(const char* const (*args)[4]) {
   auto filename = (*args)[0];
   auto linenum = (*args)[1];
   auto message = (*args)[2];
@@ -1354,7 +1354,7 @@ static void OnFatalError(const char* location, const char* message) {
 }
 
 
-NO_RETURN void FatalError(const char* location, const char* message) {
+[[noreturn]] void FatalError(const char* location, const char* message) {
   OnFatalError(location, message);
   // to suppress compiler warning
   ABORT();
diff --git a/src/node_internals.h b/src/node_internals.h
index cbc8fe20295927..12089bc5f4af62 100644
--- a/src/node_internals.h
+++ b/src/node_internals.h
@@ -253,7 +253,7 @@ void AppendExceptionLine(Environment* env,
                          v8::Local<v8::Message> message,
                          enum ErrorHandlingMode mode);
 
-NO_RETURN void FatalError(const char* location, const char* message);
+[[noreturn]] void FatalError(const char* location, const char* message);
 
 // Like a `TryCatch` but exits the process if an exception was caught.
 class FatalTryCatch : public v8::TryCatch {
diff --git a/src/util.h b/src/util.h
index 91d61f121ba48c..b522a88b7265c5 100644
--- a/src/util.h
+++ b/src/util.h
@@ -77,16 +77,10 @@ inline T MultiplyWithOverflowCheck(T a, T b);
 // whether V8 is initialized.
 void LowMemoryNotification();
 
-#ifdef __GNUC__
-#define NO_RETURN __attribute__((noreturn))
-#else
-#define NO_RETURN
-#endif
-
 // The slightly odd function signature for Assert() is to ease
 // instruction cache pressure in calls from CHECK.
-NO_RETURN void Abort();
-NO_RETURN void Assert(const char* const (*args)[4]);
+[[noreturn]] void Abort();
+[[noreturn]] void Assert(const char* const (*args)[4]);
 void DumpBacktrace(FILE* fp);
 
 #define DISALLOW_COPY_AND_ASSIGN(TypeName)                                    \