diff --git a/include/boost/container/string.hpp b/include/boost/container/string.hpp
index b7eaa1a..25723a1 100644
--- a/include/boost/container/string.hpp
+++ b/include/boost/container/string.hpp
@@ -3545,21 +3545,6 @@ getline(std::basic_istream<CharT, Traits>& is, basic_string<CharT,Traits,Allocat
    return getline(is, s, '\n');
 }
 
-template <class Ch, class Allocator>
-inline std::size_t hash_value(basic_string<Ch, std::char_traits<Ch>, Allocator> const& v)
-{
-   std::size_t seed = 0;
-   const Ch *first = v.data();
-
-   for(std::size_t i = 0, i_max = v.size(); i != i_max; ++i)
-   {
-      boost::intrusive::detail::hash_combine_size_t(seed, static_cast<std::size_t>(*first));
-      ++first;
-   }
-
-   return seed;
-}
-
 }}
 
 //GCC 12 has a regression for array-bounds warnings
diff --git a/test/string_test.cpp b/test/string_test.cpp
index 056e530..b9674df 100644
--- a/test/string_test.cpp
+++ b/test/string_test.cpp
@@ -524,12 +524,6 @@ struct alloc_propagate_base<boost_container_string>
 
 int main()
 {
-   {
-      boost::container::string a = "abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz";
-      boost::container::hash_value(a);
-   }
-
-
    if(string_test<char>()){
       return 1;
    }