diff --git a/libstdc++-v3/include/bits/locale_conv.h b/libstdc++-v3/include/bits/locale_conv.h
index 6af8a5bdc8f..41d17238fbd 100644
--- a/libstdc++-v3/include/bits/locale_conv.h
+++ b/libstdc++-v3/include/bits/locale_conv.h
@@ -253,8 +253,6 @@ _GLIBCXX_BEGIN_NAMESPACE_VERSION
       };
   }
 
-#ifdef _GLIBCXX_USE_WCHAR_T
-
 _GLIBCXX_BEGIN_NAMESPACE_CXX11
 
   /// String conversions
@@ -626,8 +624,6 @@ _GLIBCXX_END_NAMESPACE_CXX11
       bool			_M_always_noconv;
     };
 
-#endif  // _GLIBCXX_USE_WCHAR_T
-
   /// @} group locales
 
 _GLIBCXX_END_NAMESPACE_VERSION