diff --git a/include/boost/unordered/detail/hash_table_impl.hpp b/include/boost/unordered/detail/hash_table_impl.hpp
index 3fada775..9a514c63 100644
--- a/include/boost/unordered/detail/hash_table_impl.hpp
+++ b/include/boost/unordered/detail/hash_table_impl.hpp
@@ -58,26 +58,8 @@ namespace boost {
             typedef BOOST_DEDUCED_TYPENAME allocator_reference<value_allocator>::type reference;
             typedef BOOST_DEDUCED_TYPENAME allocator_reference<bucket_allocator>::type bucket_reference;
 
-#if 1
             typedef bucket_ptr link_ptr;
-#else
-            // This alternative version of link_ptr is used to check that the
-            // implementation is type safe wrt bucket_ptr and link_ptr.
-            //
-            // It's a sort of strict typedef.
 
-            struct link_ptr {
-                link_ptr() : ptr_() { BOOST_UNORDERED_MSVC_RESET_PTR(ptr_); }
-                explicit link_ptr(bucket_ptr p) : ptr_(p) {}
-                bucket_reference operator*() const { return *ptr_; }
-                bucket* operator->() const { return &*ptr_; }
-                operator bool() const { return ptr_; }
-                bool operator==(link_ptr const& x) const { return ptr_ == x.ptr_; }
-                bool operator!=(link_ptr const& x) const { return ptr_ != x.ptr_; }
-            private:
-                bucket_ptr ptr_;
-            };
-#endif
             // Hash Bucket
             //
             // all no throw