diff --git a/include/boost/optional/detail/optional_aligned_storage.hpp b/include/boost/optional/detail/optional_aligned_storage.hpp
index 147c614..704cadb 100644
--- a/include/boost/optional/detail/optional_aligned_storage.hpp
+++ b/include/boost/optional/detail/optional_aligned_storage.hpp
@@ -60,16 +60,8 @@ class aligned_storage
     T *      ptr_ref()       { return static_cast<T *>     (address()); }
 #endif
 
-#if BOOST_WORKAROUND(BOOST_MSVC, < 1920)
-    // workaround for VS2017 (32 bit) compiler crash
-    // toolset=msvc-14.1 cxxstd=17 variant=release address-model=32
-    T const& ref() const { return *ptr_ref(); }
-    T &      ref()       { return *ptr_ref(); }
-#else
     T const& ref() const { return *boost::core::launder(ptr_ref()); }
     T &      ref()       { return *boost::core::launder(ptr_ref()); }
-#endif
-
 } ;
 
 } // namespace optional_detail