diff --git a/src/ArduinoJson/Deserialization/DeserializationError.hpp b/src/ArduinoJson/Deserialization/DeserializationError.hpp
index 16c52ffd..fb9e1d2f 100644
--- a/src/ArduinoJson/Deserialization/DeserializationError.hpp
+++ b/src/ArduinoJson/Deserialization/DeserializationError.hpp
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@
 
 #pragma once
 
-#include <ArduinoJson/Misc/SafeBoolIdiom.hpp>
 #include <ArduinoJson/Namespace.hpp>
 #include <ArduinoJson/Polyfills/pgmspace_generic.hpp>
 #include <ArduinoJson/Polyfills/preprocessor.hpp>
@@ -15,7 +14,7 @@
 
 namespace ARDUINOJSON_NAMESPACE {
 
-class DeserializationError : public SafeBoolIdom<DeserializationError> {
+class DeserializationError {
  public:
   enum Code {
     Ok,
@@ -53,9 +52,9 @@ class DeserializationError : public SafeBoolIdom<DeserializationError> {
     return lhs != rhs._code;
   }
 
-  // Behaves like a bool
-  operator bool_type() const {
-    return _code != Ok ? safe_true() : safe_false();
+  // Returns true if there is an error
+  explicit operator bool() const {
+    return _code != Ok;
   }
 
   // Returns internal enum, useful for switch statement
diff --git a/src/ArduinoJson/Misc/SafeBoolIdiom.hpp b/src/ArduinoJson/Misc/SafeBoolIdiom.hpp
deleted file mode 100644
index ff4bf53a..00000000
--- a/src/ArduinoJson/Misc/SafeBoolIdiom.hpp
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,26 +0,0 @@
-// ArduinoJson - https://arduinojson.org
-// Copyright © 2014-2022, Benoit BLANCHON
-// MIT License
-
-#pragma once
-
-#include <ArduinoJson/Polyfills/type_traits.hpp>
-
-namespace ARDUINOJSON_NAMESPACE {
-
-template <typename T>
-class SafeBoolIdom {
- protected:
-  typedef void (T::*bool_type)() const;
-  void safeBoolHelper() const {}
-
-  static bool_type safe_true() {
-    return &SafeBoolIdom::safeBoolHelper;
-  }
-
-  static bool_type safe_false() {
-    return 0;
-  }
-};
-
-}  // namespace ARDUINOJSON_NAMESPACE
diff --git a/src/ArduinoJson/Strings/JsonString.hpp b/src/ArduinoJson/Strings/JsonString.hpp
index 3c4cc0b4..a250248e 100644
--- a/src/ArduinoJson/Strings/JsonString.hpp
+++ b/src/ArduinoJson/Strings/JsonString.hpp
@@ -4,8 +4,6 @@
 
 #pragma once
 
-#include <ArduinoJson/Misc/SafeBoolIdiom.hpp>
-
 #if ARDUINOJSON_ENABLE_STD_STREAM
 #  include <ostream>
 #endif
@@ -14,7 +12,7 @@ namespace ARDUINOJSON_NAMESPACE {
 
 // A string.
 // https://arduinojson.org/v6/api/jsonstring/
-class JsonString : public SafeBoolIdom<JsonString> {
+class JsonString {
  public:
   enum Ownership { Copied, Linked };
 
@@ -47,9 +45,9 @@ class JsonString : public SafeBoolIdom<JsonString> {
     return _size;
   }
 
-  // safe bool idiom
-  operator bool_type() const {
-    return _data ? safe_true() : safe_false();
+  // Returns true if the string is non-null
+  explicit operator bool() const {
+    return _data != 0;
   }
 
   // Returns true if strings are equal.