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; }