diff --git a/include/boost/regex/v4/cpp_regex_traits.hpp b/include/boost/regex/v4/cpp_regex_traits.hpp
index d60942f0..f5df82de 100644
--- a/include/boost/regex/v4/cpp_regex_traits.hpp
+++ b/include/boost/regex/v4/cpp_regex_traits.hpp
@@ -857,7 +857,7 @@ bool cpp_regex_traits_implementation<charT>::isctype(const charT c, char_class_t
 
 
 template <class charT>
-inline boost::shared_ptr<const cpp_regex_traits_implementation<charT> > create_cpp_regex_traits(const std::locale& l BOOST_APPEND_EXPLICIT_TEMPLATE_TYPE(charT))
+inline boost::shared_ptr<const cpp_regex_traits_implementation<charT> > create_cpp_regex_traits(const std::locale& l)
 {
    cpp_regex_traits_base<charT> key(l);
    return ::boost::object_cache<cpp_regex_traits_base<charT>, cpp_regex_traits_implementation<charT> >::get(key, 5);
diff --git a/include/boost/regex/v4/w32_regex_traits.hpp b/include/boost/regex/v4/w32_regex_traits.hpp
index d5562072..0228ac9c 100644
--- a/include/boost/regex/v4/w32_regex_traits.hpp
+++ b/include/boost/regex/v4/w32_regex_traits.hpp
@@ -552,7 +552,7 @@ typename w32_regex_traits_implementation<charT>::char_class_type
 
 
 template <class charT>
-boost::shared_ptr<const w32_regex_traits_implementation<charT> > create_w32_regex_traits(::boost::re_detail::lcid_type l BOOST_APPEND_EXPLICIT_TEMPLATE_TYPE(charT))
+boost::shared_ptr<const w32_regex_traits_implementation<charT> > create_w32_regex_traits(::boost::re_detail::lcid_type l)
 {
    // TODO: create a cache for previously constructed objects.
    return boost::object_cache< ::boost::re_detail::lcid_type, w32_regex_traits_implementation<charT> >::get(l, 5);