diff --git a/src/c_wrapper/utils.h b/src/c_wrapper/utils.h
index 668b8e977cffc0a1402bd0519785f37625a5b565..bab09e990a6c3d6b86e9700ad9c0b5b817d752d3 100644
--- a/src/c_wrapper/utils.h
+++ b/src/c_wrapper/utils.h
@@ -91,6 +91,14 @@ cast_bool(const T &v)
     return v ? CL_TRUE : CL_FALSE;
 }
 
+class noncopyable {
+    // non-copyable
+private:
+    noncopyable(noncopyable const &) = delete;
+    noncopyable &operator=(noncopyable const &) = delete;
+public:
+    noncopyable() {}
+};
 
 // FIXME
 static inline char*
diff --git a/src/c_wrapper/wrap_cl.cpp b/src/c_wrapper/wrap_cl.cpp
index aa73a26685bc335d0e96679173c57e7b38710433..bb5f5c5547014fde57dcf33cda408eff4df32317 100644
--- a/src/c_wrapper/wrap_cl.cpp
+++ b/src/c_wrapper/wrap_cl.cpp
@@ -206,24 +206,6 @@ run_python_gc();                                \
 namespace pyopencl
 {
 
-  class noncopyable {
-    // non-copyable
-
-    private:
-      noncopyable(noncopyable const &)
-      { }
-
-      noncopyable &operator=(noncopyable const &)
-      {
-        return *this;
-      }
-
-    public:
-      noncopyable()
-      { }
-  };
-
-
   // {{{ platform
 
   class platform : public noncopyable