diff --git a/libcxx/include/string b/libcxx/include/string
index 7d7994eaca1b..ba311efa5a31 100644
--- a/libcxx/include/string
+++ b/libcxx/include/string
@@ -818,7 +818,10 @@ public:
     operator __self_view() const _NOEXCEPT { return __self_view(data(), size()); }
 
     basic_string& operator=(const basic_string& __str);
+
+#ifndef _LIBCPP_CXX03_LANG
     template <class = void>
+#endif
     _LIBCPP_INLINE_VISIBILITY
     basic_string& operator=(__self_view __sv)  {return assign(__sv);}
 #ifndef _LIBCPP_HAS_NO_RVALUE_REFERENCES