diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 3762cac..560ecaa 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -34,6 +34,16 @@ target_sources(strong_ptr PUBLIC
     FILES modules/strong_ptr.cppm
 )
 
+target_compile_options(strong_ptr PRIVATE
+    -g
+    -Werror
+    -Wno-unused-command-line-argument
+    -Wall
+    -Wextra
+    -Wshadow
+    -fexceptions
+    -fno-rtti)
+
 install(
     TARGETS strong_ptr
     EXPORT strong_ptr_targets
@@ -78,10 +88,13 @@ else()
     target_compile_options(strong_ptr_unit_test PUBLIC
         -g
         -Werror
+        -Wno-unused-command-line-argument
         -Wall
         -Wextra
         -Wshadow
         -pedantic
+        -fexceptions
+        -fno-rtti
     )
 
     # Enable ASAN only on non-Windows platforms (Windows doesn't support it)
diff --git a/modules/strong_ptr.cppm b/modules/strong_ptr.cppm
index 951245e..53757b0 100644
--- a/modules/strong_ptr.cppm
+++ b/modules/strong_ptr.cppm
@@ -284,14 +284,7 @@ struct rc
     if (p_object != nullptr) {
       // Cast back into the original rc<T> type and ...
       auto const* obj = static_cast<rc<T> const*>(p_object);
-      // Destruct T.
-      obj->m_object.~T();
-      // Destructor ref_info if its not trivially destructible. In general, this
-      // should never be the case, but if we do modify ref_info to have a
-      // non-trivial destructor, this will automatically manage that.
-      if constexpr (not std::is_trivially_destructible_v<ref_info>) {
-        obj->m_info.~ref_info();
-      }
+      obj->~rc<T>();
     }
     // Return size for future deallocation
     return sizeof(rc<T>);
diff --git a/test_package/CMakeLists.txt b/test_package/CMakeLists.txt
index 28e070f..477fa81 100644
--- a/test_package/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/test_package/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ target_sources(${PROJECT_NAME} PUBLIC
 )
 target_include_directories(${PROJECT_NAME} PUBLIC .)
 target_compile_features(${PROJECT_NAME} PRIVATE cxx_std_23)
+target_compile_options(${PROJECT_NAME} PRIVATE -fexceptions -fno-rtti)
 target_link_libraries(${PROJECT_NAME} PRIVATE strong_ptr)
 
 # Always run this custom target by making it depend on ALL