diff --git a/src/core/census/placeholders.c b/src/core/census/placeholders.c
index ef9e4854bef1c009a069c0dd227dc46a4c9e27d9..b15a2969847504a98a5c2d8d75c863e60fcccc83 100644
--- a/src/core/census/placeholders.c
+++ b/src/core/census/placeholders.c
@@ -83,6 +83,7 @@ census_view *census_view_create(uint32_t metric_id, const census_tag_set *tags,
 
 const census_tag_set *census_view_tags(const census_view *view) {
   (void)view;
+  abort();
 }
 
 void census_view_delete(census_view *view) {