http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=55043
--- Comment #7 from Jonathan Wakely <redi at gcc dot gnu.org> 2012-10-24 01:08:13 UTC --- It already does use move_if_noexcept, so should work. The problem is that std::is_copy_constructible<std::unordered_set<std::unique_ptr<int>>>::value is true, so __move_if_noexcept_cond is true for unordered containers and we try to copy them. That happens because this is well-formed: typedef std::unordered_set<std::unique_ptr<int>> S; decltype(::new S(std::declval<const S&>())) s; That should be ill-formed, but for some reason isn't when it occurs as an unevaluated operand. This is ill-formed, as expected: S ss; ::new S(static_cast<const S&>(ss));