diff --git a/include/fmt/compile.h b/include/fmt/compile.h
index 9b205997..15158e3a 100644
--- a/include/fmt/compile.h
+++ b/include/fmt/compile.h
@@ -185,17 +185,6 @@ class prepared_format {
 
   prepared_format() = delete;
 
-  template <typename Container, FMT_ENABLE_IF(is_contiguous<Container>::value)>
-  inline std::back_insert_iterator<Container> format_to(
-      std::back_insert_iterator<Container> out, Args&&... args) const {
-    internal::container_buffer<Container> buffer(internal::get_container(out));
-    using range = buffer_range<char_type>;
-    this->vformat_to(range(buffer),
-                     basic_format_args<context>{
-                         make_args_checked<Args...>(format_, args...)});
-    return out;
-  }
-
   template <typename OutputIt>
   inline OutputIt format_to(OutputIt out, const Args&... args) const {
     typedef format_context_t<OutputIt, char_type> context;
@@ -204,15 +193,6 @@ class prepared_format {
     return this->vformat_to(range(out), basic_format_args<context>(as));
   }
 
-  template <std::size_t SIZE = inline_buffer_size>
-  inline typename buffer_context<char_type>::iterator format_to(
-      basic_memory_buffer<char_type, SIZE>& buf, const Args&... args) const {
-    using range = buffer_range<char_type>;
-    return this->vformat_to(range(buf),
-                            basic_format_args<context>{
-                                make_args_checked<Args...>(format_, args...)});
-  }
-
   typedef buffer_context<char_type> context;
 
   template <typename Range, typename Context>
diff --git a/test/compile-test.cc b/test/compile-test.cc
index 5d123f4f..15331a69 100644
--- a/test/compile-test.cc
+++ b/test/compile-test.cc
@@ -672,25 +672,3 @@ TEST(PrepareTest, FormatToBackInserter) {
   wprepared.format_to(std::back_inserter(ws), 2);
   EXPECT_EQ(L"42", ws);
 }
-
-TEST(PrepareTest, FormatToBasicMemoryBuffer) {
-  fmt::basic_memory_buffer<char, 100> buffer;
-  const auto prepared = fmt::compile<int>("4{}");
-  prepared.format_to(buffer, 2);
-  EXPECT_EQ("42", to_string(buffer));
-  fmt::basic_memory_buffer<wchar_t, 100> wbuffer;
-  const auto wprepared = fmt::compile<int>(L"4{}");
-  wprepared.format_to(wbuffer, 2);
-  EXPECT_EQ(L"42", to_string(wbuffer));
-}
-
-TEST(PrepareTest, FormatToMemoryBuffer) {
-  fmt::memory_buffer buffer;
-  const auto prepared = fmt::compile<int>("4{}");
-  prepared.format_to(buffer, 2);
-  EXPECT_EQ("42", to_string(buffer));
-  fmt::wmemory_buffer wbuffer;
-  const auto wprepared = fmt::compile<int>(L"4{}");
-  wprepared.format_to(wbuffer, 2);
-  EXPECT_EQ(L"42", to_string(wbuffer));
-}