diff --git a/include/boost/config/stdlib/vacpp.hpp b/include/boost/config/stdlib/vacpp.hpp
index 9579039e..8321ee0c 100644
--- a/include/boost/config/stdlib/vacpp.hpp
+++ b/include/boost/config/stdlib/vacpp.hpp
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 #endif
 
 #define BOOST_HAS_MACRO_USE_FACET
+#define BOOST_NO_STD_MESSAGES
 
 #define BOOST_STDLIB "Visual Age default standard library"