diff --git a/include/boost/utility.hpp b/include/boost/utility.hpp
index f1a6389..fa99b9a 100644
--- a/include/boost/utility.hpp
+++ b/include/boost/utility.hpp
@@ -87,31 +87,6 @@ namespace boost
         const noncopyable& operator=( const noncopyable& );
     }; // noncopyable
 
-//  class tied  -------------------------------------------------------//
-
-    // A helper for conveniently assigning the two values from a pair
-    // into separate variables. The idea for this comes from Jaakko J„rvi's
-    // Binder/Lambda Library.
-
-    // Constributed by Jeremy Siek
-
-    template <class A, class B>
-    class tied {
-    public:
-      inline tied(A& a, B& b) : _a(a), _b(b) { }
-      template <class U, class V>
-      inline tied& operator=(const std::pair<U,V>& p) {
-        _a = p.first;
-        _b = p.second;
-        return *this;
-      }
-    protected:
-      A& _a;
-      B& _b;
-    };
-
-    template <class A, class B>
-    inline tied<A,B> tie(A& a, B& b) { return tied<A,B>(a, b); }
 
 } // namespace boost