diff --git a/libstdc++-v3/include/ext/rc_string_base.h b/libstdc++-v3/include/ext/rc_string_base.h
index 819f52dc914..88cc656448a 100644
--- a/libstdc++-v3/include/ext/rc_string_base.h
+++ b/libstdc++-v3/include/ext/rc_string_base.h
@@ -719,7 +719,6 @@ _GLIBCXX_BEGIN_NAMESPACE_VERSION
       return false;
     }
 
-#ifdef _GLIBCXX_USE_WCHAR_T
   template<>
     inline bool
     __rc_string_base<wchar_t, std::char_traits<wchar_t>,
@@ -730,7 +729,6 @@ _GLIBCXX_BEGIN_NAMESPACE_VERSION
 	return true;
       return false;
     }
-#endif
 
 _GLIBCXX_END_NAMESPACE_VERSION
 } // namespace
diff --git a/libstdc++-v3/include/ext/vstring.h b/libstdc++-v3/include/ext/vstring.h
index db02af18cb1..cb5872a7030 100644
--- a/libstdc++-v3/include/ext/vstring.h
+++ b/libstdc++-v3/include/ext/vstring.h
@@ -2921,7 +2921,6 @@ _GLIBCXX_BEGIN_NAMESPACE_VERSION
       { return std::_Hash_impl::hash(__s.data(), __s.length()); }
     };
 
-#ifdef _GLIBCXX_USE_WCHAR_T
   /// std::hash specialization for __wvstring.
   template<>
     struct hash<__gnu_cxx::__wvstring>
@@ -2932,7 +2931,6 @@ _GLIBCXX_BEGIN_NAMESPACE_VERSION
       { return std::_Hash_impl::hash(__s.data(),
                                      __s.length() * sizeof(wchar_t)); }
     };
-#endif
 
   /// std::hash specialization for __u16vstring.
   template<>
diff --git a/libstdc++-v3/include/ext/vstring_fwd.h b/libstdc++-v3/include/ext/vstring_fwd.h
index 645c328104f..1aa53fdc24a 100644
--- a/libstdc++-v3/include/ext/vstring_fwd.h
+++ b/libstdc++-v3/include/ext/vstring_fwd.h
@@ -58,13 +58,11 @@ _GLIBCXX_BEGIN_NAMESPACE_VERSION
   __versa_string<char, std::char_traits<char>,
 		 std::allocator<char>, __rc_string_base>    __rc_string;
 
-#ifdef _GLIBCXX_USE_WCHAR_T
   typedef __versa_string<wchar_t>                           __wvstring;
   typedef __wvstring                                        __wsso_string;
   typedef
   __versa_string<wchar_t, std::char_traits<wchar_t>,
 		 std::allocator<wchar_t>, __rc_string_base> __wrc_string;
-#endif  
 
 #if __cplusplus >= 201103L
   typedef __versa_string<char16_t>                          __u16vstring;