diff --git a/include/boost/system/detail/snprintf.hpp b/include/boost/system/detail/snprintf.hpp
index f54a3514..b999dd9c 100644
--- a/include/boost/system/detail/snprintf.hpp
+++ b/include/boost/system/detail/snprintf.hpp
@@ -8,66 +8,21 @@
 //
 // See library home page at http://www.boost.org/libs/system
 
-#include <boost/config.hpp>
 #include <cstdio>
-#include <cstdarg>
 
 //
 
 namespace boost
 {
-
 namespace system
 {
-
 namespace detail
 {
 
-#if ( defined(_MSC_VER) && _MSC_VER < 1900 ) || ( defined(__MINGW32__) && !defined(__MINGW64_VERSION_MAJOR) )
-
-inline void snprintf( char * buffer, std::size_t len, char const * format, ... )
-{
-# if defined( BOOST_MSVC )
-#  pragma warning( push )
-#  pragma warning( disable: 4996 )
-# endif
-
-    if( len == 0 ) return;
-
-    va_list args;
-    va_start( args, format );
-
-    _vsnprintf( buffer, len - 1, format, args );
-    buffer[ len - 1 ] = 0;
-
-    va_end( args );
-
-# if defined( BOOST_MSVC )
-#  pragma warning( pop )
-# endif
-}
-
-#else
-
-#if defined(__GNUC__) && __GNUC__ >= 3
-__attribute__((__format__ (__printf__, 3, 4)))
-#endif
-inline void snprintf( char * buffer, std::size_t len, char const * format, ... )
-{
-    va_list args;
-    va_start( args, format );
-
-    std::vsnprintf( buffer, len, format, args );
-
-    va_end( args );
-}
-
-#endif
+using std::snprintf;
 
 } // namespace detail
-
 } // namespace system
-
 } // namespace boost
 
 #endif // #ifndef BOOST_SYSTEM_DETAIL_SNPRINTF_HPP_INCLUDED