diff --git a/include/fmt/format.h b/include/fmt/format.h
index 4e461f7d..b8b64a30 100644
--- a/include/fmt/format.h
+++ b/include/fmt/format.h
@@ -2063,13 +2063,6 @@ OutputIt write(OutputIt out, basic_string_view<Char> value) {
   return base_iterator(out, it);
 }
 
-template <typename Char>
-buffer_appender<Char> write(buffer_appender<Char> out,
-                            basic_string_view<Char> value) {
-  get_container(out).append(value.begin(), value.end());
-  return out;
-}
-
 template <typename Char, typename OutputIt, typename T,
           FMT_ENABLE_IF(is_integral<T>::value &&
                         !std::is_same<T, bool>::value &&