diff --git a/include/fmt/core.h b/include/fmt/core.h
index 0c8ddd18..2fe9f150 100644
--- a/include/fmt/core.h
+++ b/include/fmt/core.h
@@ -861,7 +861,7 @@ class iterator_buffer final : public Traits, public buffer<T> {
   T data_[buffer_size];
 
  protected:
-  void grow(size_t) final FMT_OVERRIDE {
+  void grow(size_t) FMT_OVERRIDE {
     if (this->size() == buffer_size) flush();
   }
 
@@ -887,7 +887,7 @@ class iterator_buffer final : public Traits, public buffer<T> {
 
 template <typename T> class iterator_buffer<T*, T> final : public buffer<T> {
  protected:
-  void grow(size_t) final FMT_OVERRIDE {}
+  void grow(size_t) FMT_OVERRIDE {}
 
  public:
   explicit iterator_buffer(T* out, size_t = 0) : buffer<T>(out, 0, ~size_t()) {}
@@ -905,7 +905,7 @@ class iterator_buffer<std::back_insert_iterator<Container>,
   Container& container_;
 
  protected:
-  void grow(size_t capacity) final FMT_OVERRIDE {
+  void grow(size_t capacity) FMT_OVERRIDE {
     container_.resize(capacity);
     this->set(&container_[0], capacity);
   }
@@ -928,7 +928,7 @@ template <typename T = char> class counting_buffer final : public buffer<T> {
   size_t count_ = 0;
 
  protected:
-  void grow(size_t) final FMT_OVERRIDE {
+  void grow(size_t) FMT_OVERRIDE {
     if (this->size() != buffer_size) return;
     count_ += this->size();
     this->clear();
diff --git a/include/fmt/format.h b/include/fmt/format.h
index f1417f86..225b23ac 100644
--- a/include/fmt/format.h
+++ b/include/fmt/format.h
@@ -657,7 +657,7 @@ class basic_memory_buffer final : public detail::buffer<T> {
   }
 
  protected:
-  void grow(size_t size) final FMT_OVERRIDE;
+  void grow(size_t size) FMT_OVERRIDE;
 
  public:
   using value_type = T;