diff --git a/src/scrollpad.cpp b/src/scrollpad.cpp
index bea59212..617aaa56 100644
--- a/src/scrollpad.cpp
+++ b/src/scrollpad.cpp
@@ -201,12 +201,6 @@ void Scrollpad::Clear(bool clear_screen)
 		Refresh();
 }
 
-Scrollpad &Scrollpad::operator<<(std::ostream &(*os)(std::ostream&))
-{
-	itsBuffer << os;
-	return *this;
-}
-
 #ifdef _UTF8
 Scrollpad &Scrollpad::operator<<(const std::string &s)
 {
diff --git a/src/scrollpad.h b/src/scrollpad.h
index eb588d20..bb6cbd33 100644
--- a/src/scrollpad.h
+++ b/src/scrollpad.h
@@ -116,8 +116,6 @@ namespace NCurses
 				return *this;
 			}
 			
-			Scrollpad &operator<<(std::ostream &(*os)(std::ostream &));
-			
 #			ifdef _UTF8
 			bool SetFormatting(short vb, const std::string &s, short ve, bool for_each = 1) { return SetFormatting(vb, ToWString(s), ve, for_each); }
 			Scrollpad &operator<<(const std::string &s);