diff --git a/include/fmt/format.h b/include/fmt/format.h
index cd5755cf..f7263354 100644
--- a/include/fmt/format.h
+++ b/include/fmt/format.h
@@ -4158,6 +4158,9 @@ void vformat_to(buffer<Char>& buf, basic_string_view<Char> fmt,
 }
 
 #ifndef FMT_HEADER_ONLY
+extern template FMT_API void vformat_to(
+    buffer<char>&, string_view, basic_format_args<FMT_BUFFER_CONTEXT(char)>,
+    locale_ref);
 extern template FMT_API auto thousands_sep_impl<char>(locale_ref)
     -> thousands_sep_result<char>;
 extern template FMT_API auto thousands_sep_impl<wchar_t>(locale_ref)
diff --git a/src/format.cc b/src/format.cc
index 5d8d97bd..d0a7317f 100644
--- a/src/format.cc
+++ b/src/format.cc
@@ -31,9 +31,6 @@ template FMT_API auto decimal_point_impl(locale_ref) -> char;
 
 template FMT_API void buffer<char>::append(const char*, const char*);
 
-// DEPRECATED!
-// There is no correspondent extern template in format.h because of
-// incompatibility between clang and gcc (#2377).
 template FMT_API void vformat_to(buffer<char>&, string_view,
                                  basic_format_args<FMT_BUFFER_CONTEXT(char)>,
                                  locale_ref);