diff --git a/include/fmt/format.h b/include/fmt/format.h
index 238aa0b6..3c0f971f 100644
--- a/include/fmt/format.h
+++ b/include/fmt/format.h
@@ -159,36 +159,6 @@ FMT_END_NAMESPACE
 #  define FMT_UDL_TEMPLATE 0
 #endif
 
-#ifndef FMT_USE_EXTERN_TEMPLATES
-#  ifndef FMT_HEADER_ONLY
-#    define FMT_USE_EXTERN_TEMPLATES                           \
-      ((FMT_CLANG_VERSION >= 209 && __cplusplus >= 201103L) || \
-       (FMT_GCC_VERSION >= 303 && FMT_HAS_GXX_CXX11))
-#  else
-#    define FMT_USE_EXTERN_TEMPLATES 0
-#  endif
-#endif
-
-#if FMT_USE_EXTERN_TEMPLATES
-#  if !defined(FMT_HEADER_ONLY) && defined(_WIN32)
-#    ifdef FMT_EXPORT
-//     When DLL exporting an "explicit class template instantiation declaration",
-//     we should not designate __declspec(dllexport) at both 
-//     - class template definition 
-//     - explicit class template instantiation declaration.
-//     
-//     (Instead, designate __declspec(dllexport) somewhere else
-//     and only at a single point where we have
-//     the "explicit class template instantiation definition.")
-#      define FMT_EXTERN_TEMPLATE_HEADER_FILE_API
-#    endif
-#  endif
-#endif
-#ifndef FMT_EXTERN_TEMPLATE_HEADER_FILE_API
-// In other cases, we can just follow FMT_API there.
-#  define FMT_EXTERN_TEMPLATE_HEADER_FILE_API FMT_API
-#endif
-
 #if FMT_HAS_GXX_CXX11 || FMT_HAS_FEATURE(cxx_trailing_return) || \
     FMT_MSC_VER >= 1600
 #  define FMT_USE_TRAILING_RETURN 1
@@ -732,7 +702,7 @@ template <typename T> struct int_traits {
 
 // Static data is placed in this class template to allow header-only
 // configuration.
-template <typename T = void> struct FMT_EXTERN_TEMPLATE_HEADER_FILE_API basic_data {
+template <typename T = void> struct FMT_EXTERN_TEMPLATE_API basic_data {
   static const uint64_t POWERS_OF_10_64[];
   static const uint32_t ZERO_OR_POWERS_OF_10_32[];
   static const uint64_t ZERO_OR_POWERS_OF_10_64[];
@@ -746,9 +716,7 @@ template <typename T = void> struct FMT_EXTERN_TEMPLATE_HEADER_FILE_API basic_da
   static const wchar_t WRESET_COLOR[5];
 };
 
-#if FMT_USE_EXTERN_TEMPLATES
 extern template struct basic_data<void>;
-#endif
 
 // This is a struct rather than a typedef to avoid shadowing warnings in gcc.
 struct data : basic_data<> {};