diff --git a/include/boost/variant2/variant.hpp b/include/boost/variant2/variant.hpp
index 8c1c308..cf56207 100644
--- a/include/boost/variant2/variant.hpp
+++ b/include/boost/variant2/variant.hpp
@@ -1530,27 +1530,9 @@ public:
     {
     }
 
-#if !BOOST_WORKAROUND( BOOST_MSVC, < 1910 )
-
     // variant( variant const& ) = default;
     // variant( variant && ) = default;
 
-#else
-
-private:
-
-    variant( variant const volatile& ) = delete;
-
-public:
-
-    template<class E = std::enable_if< std::is_copy_constructible<variant_base>::value >::type>
-    constexpr variant( variant const& r ) noexcept( std::is_nothrow_copy_constructible<variant_base>::value ): variant_base( static_cast<variant_base const&>( r ) ) {}
-
-    template<class E = std::enable_if< std::is_move_constructible<variant_base>::value >::type>
-    constexpr variant( variant && r ) noexcept( std::is_nothrow_move_constructible<variant_base>::value ): variant_base( static_cast<variant_base &&>( r ) ) {}
-
-#endif
-
     template<class U,
         class Ud = typename std::decay<U>::type,
         class E1 = typename std::enable_if< !std::is_same<Ud, variant>::value && !detail::is_in_place_index<Ud>::value && !detail::is_in_place_type<Ud>::value >::type,
@@ -1585,35 +1567,9 @@ public:
 
     // assignment
 
-#if !BOOST_WORKAROUND( BOOST_MSVC, < 1910 )
-
     // variant& operator=( variant const& ) = default;
     // variant& operator=( variant && ) = default;
 
-#else
-
-private:
-
-    variant& operator=( variant const volatile& ) = delete;
-
-public:
-
-    template<class E = std::enable_if< std::is_copy_assignable<variant_base>::value >::type>
-    variant& operator=( variant const& r ) noexcept( std::is_nothrow_copy_assignable<variant_base>::value )
-    {
-        static_cast< variant_base& >( *this ) = static_cast< variant_base const& >( r );
-        return *this;
-    }
-
-    template<class E = std::enable_if< std::is_move_assignable<variant_base>::value >::type>
-    variant& operator=( variant && r ) noexcept( std::is_nothrow_move_assignable<variant_base>::value )
-    {
-        static_cast< variant_base& >( *this ) = static_cast< variant_base && >( r );
-        return *this;
-    }
-
-#endif
-
     template<class U,
         class E1 = typename std::enable_if<!std::is_same<typename std::decay<U>::type, variant>::value>::type,
         class V = detail::resolve_overload_type<U, T...>,