diff --git a/stl/inc/xutility b/stl/inc/xutility
index 361e55718ce..5c470ceec76 100644
--- a/stl/inc/xutility
+++ b/stl/inc/xutility
@@ -2576,16 +2576,19 @@ namespace ranges {
     public:
         using _Not_quite_object::_Not_quite_object;
 
-        template <class _It, sentinel_for<decay_t<_It>> _Se>
-        _NODISCARD constexpr iter_difference_t<decay_t<_It>> operator()(_It&& _Raw_first, _Se _Last) const
-            noexcept(_Nothrow_dist<_It, _Se>) /* strengthened */ {
-            if constexpr (sized_sentinel_for<_Se, decay_t<_It>>) {
-                return _Last - static_cast<const decay_t<_It>&>(_Raw_first); // Per LWG-3664
-            } else {
-                auto _First = _STD forward<_It>(_Raw_first);
-                _Adl_verify_range(_First, _Last);
-                return _Distance_unchecked(_Get_unwrapped(_STD move(_First)), _Get_unwrapped(_STD move(_Last)));
-            }
+        template <class _It, sentinel_for<_It> _Se>
+            requires(!sized_sentinel_for<_Se, _It>)
+        _NODISCARD constexpr iter_difference_t<_It> operator()(_It _First, _Se _Last) const
+            noexcept(noexcept(_Distance_unchecked(_Get_unwrapped(_STD move(_First)),
+                _Get_unwrapped(_STD move(_Last))))) /* strengthened */ { // Per LWG-3664
+            _Adl_verify_range(_First, _Last);
+            return _Distance_unchecked(_Get_unwrapped(_STD move(_First)), _Get_unwrapped(_STD move(_Last)));
+        }
+
+        template <class _It, sized_sentinel_for<decay_t<_It>> _Se>
+        _NODISCARD constexpr iter_difference_t<decay_t<_It>> operator()(_It&& _First, const _Se _Last) const
+            noexcept(noexcept(_Last - static_cast<const decay_t<_It>&>(_First))) /* strengthened */ { // Per LWG-3664
+            return _Last - static_cast<const decay_t<_It>&>(_First);
         }
 
         template <range _Rng>
@@ -2599,13 +2602,6 @@ namespace ranges {
         }
 
     private:
-        template <class _It, class _Se>
-        static constexpr bool _Nothrow_dist = false;
-
-        template <class _It, sized_sentinel_for<decay_t<_It>> _Se>
-        static constexpr bool _Nothrow_dist<_It, _Se> = noexcept(
-            _STD declval<_Se&>() - _STD declval<const decay_t<_It>&>());
-
         template <class _It, class _Se>
         _NODISCARD static constexpr iter_difference_t<_It> _Distance_unchecked(_It _First, const _Se _Last) noexcept(
             noexcept(++_First != _Last)) {
diff --git a/tests/std/tests/P0896R4_ranges_iterator_machinery/test.cpp b/tests/std/tests/P0896R4_ranges_iterator_machinery/test.cpp
index 0a9e743930b..563a0229e36 100644
--- a/tests/std/tests/P0896R4_ranges_iterator_machinery/test.cpp
+++ b/tests/std/tests/P0896R4_ranges_iterator_machinery/test.cpp
@@ -2959,7 +2959,7 @@ namespace iter_ops {
             trace t{};
             I first{t};
             same_as<iter_difference_t<I>> auto const result = distance(move(first), default_sentinel);
-            STATIC_ASSERT(!noexcept(distance(move(first), default_sentinel))); // No conditional noexcept
+            STATIC_ASSERT(noexcept(distance(move(first), default_sentinel)));
             assert(result == sentinel_position);
             assert((t == trace{.compares_ = sentinel_position + 1, .increments_ = sentinel_position}));
         }