diff --git a/include/spdlog/common.h b/include/spdlog/common.h
index 20dfdb06e..13981eaaf 100644
--- a/include/spdlog/common.h
+++ b/include/spdlog/common.h
@@ -202,29 +202,8 @@ class SPDLOG_API spdlog_ex : public std::exception {
 };
 
 [[noreturn]] SPDLOG_API void throw_spdlog_ex(const std::string &msg, int last_errno);
-
 [[noreturn]] SPDLOG_API void throw_spdlog_ex(std::string msg);
 
-// trick to capture format string and caller's source location with variadic template.
-// see logger::info() etc. to understand how it's used.
-struct loc_with_fmt {
-    source_loc loc;
-    string_view_t fmt_string;
-
-    template <typename S, typename = is_convertible_to_sv<S>>
-    constexpr loc_with_fmt(S fmt_str, source_loc loc = source_loc::current()) noexcept
-        : loc(loc),
-          fmt_string(fmt_str) {}
-
-#ifndef SPDLOG_USE_STD_FORMAT
-
-    constexpr loc_with_fmt(fmt::runtime_format_string<char> fmt_str, source_loc loc = source_loc::current()) noexcept
-        : loc(loc),
-          fmt_string(fmt_str.str) {}
-
-#endif
-};
-
 struct file_event_handlers {
     file_event_handlers()
         : before_open(nullptr),
diff --git a/include/spdlog/source_loc.h b/include/spdlog/source_loc.h
index db0e99283..f58217b98 100644
--- a/include/spdlog/source_loc.h
+++ b/include/spdlog/source_loc.h
@@ -26,20 +26,6 @@ struct source_loc {
           short_filename{basename(filename_in)},
           line{line_in},
           funcname{funcname_in} {}
-
-#ifdef SPDLOG_HAVE_STD_SOURCE_LOCATION
-    static constexpr source_loc current(const std::source_location source_location = std::source_location::current()) {
-        return source_loc{source_location.file_name(), source_location.line(), source_location.function_name()};
-    }
-#elif defined(SPDLOG_HAVE_EXPERIMENTAL_SOURCE_LOCATION)
-    static constexpr source_loc current(
-        const std::experimental::source_location source_location = std::experimental::source_location::current()) {
-        return source_loc{source_location.file_name(), source_location.line(), source_location.function_name()};
-    }
-#else  // no source location support
-    static constexpr source_loc current() { return source_loc{}; }
-#endif
-
     [[nodiscard]] constexpr bool empty() const noexcept { return line == 0 || filename == nullptr || short_filename == nullptr; }
 
     const char *filename{nullptr};
@@ -64,4 +50,4 @@ struct source_loc {
         return file;
     }
 };
-}  // namespace spdlog
\ No newline at end of file
+}  // namespace spdlog
diff --git a/tests/test_source_location.cpp b/tests/test_source_location.cpp
index 4c161c9aa..c48200166 100644
--- a/tests/test_source_location.cpp
+++ b/tests/test_source_location.cpp
@@ -19,6 +19,3 @@ TEST_CASE("test_source_location", "[source_location]") {
     REQUIRE(test_sink->lines().size() == 2);
     REQUIRE(test_sink->lines()[1] == "test_source_location.cpp:18 Hello");
 }
-
-
-//REQUIRE(oss.str() == std::string("test_source_location.cpp:20 Hello source location") + default_eol);