diff --git a/include/fmt/format.h b/include/fmt/format.h
index 7d08bc26..065aa496 100644
--- a/include/fmt/format.h
+++ b/include/fmt/format.h
@@ -465,45 +465,16 @@ class counting_iterator {
   value_type operator*() const { return {}; }
 };
 
-// Used to ensure that truncating_iterator SFINAEs properly on the underlying
-// iterator's default constructibility.
-template <typename OutputIt, typename = typename std::is_default_constructible<
-    OutputIt>::type>
-class truncating_iterator_default_construct_base;
-
-template<typename OutputIt>
-class truncating_iterator_default_construct_base<OutputIt, std::false_type> {
+template <typename OutputIt> class truncating_iterator_base {
  protected:
   OutputIt out_;
-
-  truncating_iterator_default_construct_base() = delete;
-
-  explicit truncating_iterator_default_construct_base(OutputIt out) :
-    out_(std::move(out)) {}
-};
-
-template<typename OutputIt>
-class truncating_iterator_default_construct_base<OutputIt, std::true_type> {
- protected:
-  OutputIt out_;
-
-  truncating_iterator_default_construct_base() : out_() {}
-
-  explicit truncating_iterator_default_construct_base(OutputIt out) :
-    out_(std::move(out)) {}
-};
-
-template <typename OutputIt> class truncating_iterator_base
-    : protected truncating_iterator_default_construct_base<OutputIt> {
- protected:
-  size_t limit_ = 0;
+  size_t limit_;
   size_t count_ = 0;
 
-  truncating_iterator_base() = default;
+  truncating_iterator_base() : out_(), limit_(0) {}
   
   truncating_iterator_base(OutputIt out, size_t limit)
-      : truncating_iterator_default_construct_base<OutputIt>(out),
-        limit_(limit), count_(0) {}
+      : out_(out), limit_(limit) {}
 
  public:
   using iterator_category = std::output_iterator_tag;
@@ -514,7 +485,7 @@ template <typename OutputIt> class truncating_iterator_base
   using _Unchecked_type =
       truncating_iterator_base;  // Mark iterator as checked.
 
-  OutputIt base() const { return this->out_; }
+  OutputIt base() const { return out_; }
   size_t count() const { return count_; }
 };
 
diff --git a/test/format-test.cc b/test/format-test.cc
index ad2070b1..a71aeaf1 100644
--- a/test/format-test.cc
+++ b/test/format-test.cc
@@ -170,27 +170,6 @@ TEST(IteratorTest, TruncatingIteratorDefaultConstruct) {
   EXPECT_EQ(std::size_t{0}, it.count());
 }
 
-TEST(IteratorTest, TruncatingIteratorDeletedDefaultConstruct) {
-  struct non_default_constructible_iterator {
-    using iterator_category = std::output_iterator_tag;
-    using value_type = void;
-    using difference_type = std::ptrdiff_t;
-    using pointer = void;
-    using reference = void;
-
-    non_default_constructible_iterator() = delete;
-    
-    non_default_constructible_iterator& operator++();
-    non_default_constructible_iterator operator++(int);
-    char& operator*() const;
-  };
-
-  static_assert(
-      !std::is_default_constructible<fmt::detail::truncating_iterator<
-          non_default_constructible_iterator>>::value,
-      "");
-}
-
 #ifdef __cpp_lib_ranges
 TEST(IteratorTest, TruncatingIteratorOutputIterator) {
   static_assert(std::output_iterator<fmt::detail::truncating_iterator<char*>,