diff --git a/libstdc++-v3/ChangeLog b/libstdc++-v3/ChangeLog
index 5b4e65f2f03..e2f075a9f87 100644
--- a/libstdc++-v3/ChangeLog
+++ b/libstdc++-v3/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2007-04-11  Paolo Carlini  <pcarlini@suse.de>
+
+	* include/std/istream (class basic_istream<>): Remove unneded friend
+	declarations.
+
 2007-04-11  Paolo Carlini  <pcarlini@suse.de>
 
 	* testsuite/22_locale/num_get/get/wchar_t/1.cc: Initialize v.
diff --git a/libstdc++-v3/include/std/istream b/libstdc++-v3/include/std/istream
index 0a4e5c73755..2aa0d1c8a9d 100644
--- a/libstdc++-v3/include/std/istream
+++ b/libstdc++-v3/include/std/istream
@@ -76,14 +76,6 @@ _GLIBCXX_BEGIN_NAMESPACE(std)
  							__num_get_type;
       typedef ctype<_CharT>           			__ctype_type;
 
-      template<typename _CharT2, typename _Traits2>
-        friend basic_istream<_CharT2, _Traits2>&
-        operator>>(basic_istream<_CharT2, _Traits2>&, _CharT2&);
- 
-      template<typename _CharT2, typename _Traits2>
-        friend basic_istream<_CharT2, _Traits2>&
-        operator>>(basic_istream<_CharT2, _Traits2>&, _CharT2*);
- 
     protected:
       // Data Members:
       /**