diff --git a/code/nel/include/nel/misc/sstring.h b/code/nel/include/nel/misc/sstring.h
index c9ebff721..a8b231012 100644
--- a/code/nel/include/nel/misc/sstring.h
+++ b/code/nel/include/nel/misc/sstring.h
@@ -945,14 +945,6 @@ inline CSString operator+(const char* s0,const CSString& s1)
 	return CSString(s0) + s1.c_str();
 }
 
-#if !defined(NL_COMP_VC) || (NL_COMP_VC_VERSION <= 100)
-// TODO: check if it can be disabled for other compilers too
-inline CSString operator+(const std::string& s0,const CSString& s1)
-{
-	return s0+static_cast<const std::string&>(s1);
-}
-#endif
-
 } // NLMISC
 
 // *** The following was commented out by Sadge because there were strange compilation/ link issues ***