diff --git a/octave/libinterp/octave-value/ov-base-scalar.h b/octave/libinterp/octave-value/ov-base-scalar.h

index 5dad42177..32baeb3c9 100644

--- a/octave/libinterp/octave-value/ov-base-scalar.h

+++ b/octave/libinterp/octave-value/ov-base-scalar.h

@@ -55,7 +55,9 @@ public:

   octave_base_scalar (const octave_base_scalar& s)

     : octave_base_value (), scalar (s.scalar) { }

+#ifndef __LCC__

   ~octave_base_scalar (void) = default;

+#endif

   octave_value squeeze (void) const { return scalar; }