diff --git a/include/boost/mpl/apply.hpp b/include/boost/mpl/apply.hpp
index 581eb68..0a2c95f 100644
--- a/include/boost/mpl/apply.hpp
+++ b/include/boost/mpl/apply.hpp
@@ -95,7 +95,6 @@ namespace boost { namespace mpl {
     (3,(0, BOOST_MPL_LIMIT_METAFUNCTION_ARITY, <boost/mpl/apply.hpp>))
 #include BOOST_PP_ITERATE()
 
-#   if !defined(BOOST_MPL_CFG_NO_APPLY_TEMPLATE)
 // real C++ version is already taken care of
 #   if defined(BOOST_NO_TEMPLATE_PARTIAL_SPECIALIZATION)
 
@@ -119,7 +118,6 @@ struct apply
 };
 
 #   endif // BOOST_NO_TEMPLATE_PARTIAL_SPECIALIZATION
-#   endif // BOOST_MPL_CFG_NO_APPLY_TEMPLATE
 
 #   undef AUX778076_APPLY_N_SPEC_PARAMS
 #   undef AUX778076_APPLY_N_PARTIAL_SPEC_PARAMS
@@ -176,7 +174,6 @@ struct BOOST_PP_CAT(apply,i_)<AUX778076_APPLY_N_SPEC_PARAMS(i_, int)>
 };
 #endif
 
-#   if !defined(BOOST_MPL_CFG_NO_APPLY_TEMPLATE)
 #   if !defined(BOOST_NO_TEMPLATE_PARTIAL_SPECIALIZATION)
 
 #if i_ == BOOST_MPL_LIMIT_METAFUNCTION_ARITY
@@ -200,7 +197,6 @@ struct apply< F AUX778076_APPLY_N_PARTIAL_SPEC_PARAMS(i_, T, na) >
 
 #   else // BOOST_NO_TEMPLATE_PARTIAL_SPECIALIZATION
 
-#if !defined(BOOST_MPL_CFG_NO_APPLY_TEMPLATE)
 namespace aux {
 
 template<>
@@ -218,10 +214,8 @@ struct apply_chooser<i_>
 };
 
 } // namespace aux
-#endif
 
 #   endif // BOOST_NO_TEMPLATE_PARTIAL_SPECIALIZATION
-#   endif // BOOST_MPL_CFG_NO_APPLY_TEMPLATE
 
 #   undef i_
 
diff --git a/include/boost/mpl/apply_fwd.hpp b/include/boost/mpl/apply_fwd.hpp
index 5f5fa78..4393870 100644
--- a/include/boost/mpl/apply_fwd.hpp
+++ b/include/boost/mpl/apply_fwd.hpp
@@ -42,12 +42,6 @@
 #   include <boost/preprocessor/iterate.hpp>
 #   include <boost/preprocessor/cat.hpp>
 
-// agurt, 15/jan/02: top-level 'apply' template gives an ICE on MSVC
-// (for known reasons)
-#if BOOST_WORKAROUND(BOOST_MSVC, < 1300)
-#   define BOOST_MPL_CFG_NO_APPLY_TEMPLATE
-#endif
-
 namespace boost { namespace mpl {
 
 // local macro, #undef-ined at the end of the header
@@ -64,8 +58,6 @@ namespace boost { namespace mpl {
     BOOST_MPL_PP_PARAMS(n, param) \
     /**/
 
-#   if !defined(BOOST_MPL_CFG_NO_APPLY_TEMPLATE)
-
 #if !defined(BOOST_NO_TEMPLATE_PARTIAL_SPECIALIZATION)
 // forward declaration
 template<
@@ -78,8 +70,6 @@ template< BOOST_AUX_NTTP_DECL(int, arity_) > struct apply_chooser;
 }
 #endif
 
-#   endif // BOOST_MPL_CFG_NO_APPLY_TEMPLATE
-
 #define BOOST_PP_ITERATION_PARAMS_1 \
     (3,(0, BOOST_MPL_LIMIT_METAFUNCTION_ARITY, <boost/mpl/apply_fwd.hpp>))
 #include BOOST_PP_ITERATE()