diff --git a/include/boost/config/stdlib/stlport.hpp b/include/boost/config/stdlib/stlport.hpp
index 41ac0973..d97f3160 100644
--- a/include/boost/config/stdlib/stlport.hpp
+++ b/include/boost/config/stdlib/stlport.hpp
@@ -91,13 +91,6 @@
 #     define BOOST_NO_STDC_NAMESPACE
 #  endif
 #endif
-//
-// std::iterator behaves like VC6's under some circumstances:
-//
-#if defined (_STLP_USE_OLD_HP_ITERATOR_QUERIES)  || defined (__STL_USE_OLD_HP_ITERATOR_QUERIES)\
- || (!defined ( _STLP_CLASS_PARTIAL_SPECIALIZATION ) && !defined ( __STL_CLASS_PARTIAL_SPECIALIZATION ))
-#  define BOOST_MSVC_STD_ITERATOR
-#endif
 
 //
 // std::use_facet may be non-standard, uses a class instead:
@@ -132,3 +125,4 @@
 
 
 
+