remove a custom implementation of std::remove_const
diff --git a/googlemock/include/gmock/gmock-matchers.h b/googlemock/include/gmock/gmock-matchers.h
index 7075082..7185390 100644
--- a/googlemock/include/gmock/gmock-matchers.h
+++ b/googlemock/include/gmock/gmock-matchers.h
@@ -1610,8 +1610,9 @@
   template <typename Pointer>
   class Impl : public MatcherInterface<Pointer> {
    public:
-    typedef typename PointeeOf<GTEST_REMOVE_CONST_(  // NOLINT
-        GTEST_REMOVE_REFERENCE_(Pointer))>::type Pointee;
+    typedef
+        typename PointeeOf<typename std::remove_const<GTEST_REMOVE_REFERENCE_(
+            Pointer)>::type>::type Pointee;
 
     explicit Impl(const InnerMatcher& matcher)
         : matcher_(MatcherCast<const Pointee&>(matcher)) {}
@@ -1749,8 +1750,8 @@
     // FIXME: The dispatch on std::is_pointer was introduced as a workaround for
     // a compiler bug, and can now be removed.
     return MatchAndExplainImpl(
-        typename std::is_pointer<GTEST_REMOVE_CONST_(T)>::type(), value,
-        listener);
+        typename std::is_pointer<typename std::remove_const<T>::type>::type(),
+        value, listener);
   }
 
  private:
@@ -1816,8 +1817,8 @@
   template <typename T>
   bool MatchAndExplain(const T&value, MatchResultListener* listener) const {
     return MatchAndExplainImpl(
-        typename std::is_pointer<GTEST_REMOVE_CONST_(T)>::type(), value,
-        listener);
+        typename std::is_pointer<typename std::remove_const<T>::type>::type(),
+        value, listener);
   }
 
  private:
@@ -2093,9 +2094,8 @@
   template <typename LhsContainer>
   bool MatchAndExplain(const LhsContainer& lhs,
                        MatchResultListener* listener) const {
-    // GTEST_REMOVE_CONST_() is needed to work around an MSVC 8.0 bug
-    // that causes LhsContainer to be a const type sometimes.
-    typedef internal::StlContainerView<GTEST_REMOVE_CONST_(LhsContainer)>
+    typedef internal::StlContainerView<
+        typename std::remove_const<LhsContainer>::type>
         LhsView;
     typedef typename LhsView::type LhsStlContainer;
     StlContainerReference lhs_stl_container = LhsView::ConstReference(lhs);
@@ -4034,12 +4034,12 @@
 // values that are included in one container but not the other. (Duplicate
 // values and order differences are not explained.)
 template <typename Container>
-inline PolymorphicMatcher<internal::ContainerEqMatcher<  // NOLINT
-                            GTEST_REMOVE_CONST_(Container)> >
-    ContainerEq(const Container& rhs) {
+inline PolymorphicMatcher<internal::ContainerEqMatcher<
+    typename std::remove_const<Container>::type>>
+ContainerEq(const Container& rhs) {
   // This following line is for working around a bug in MSVC 8.0,
   // which causes Container to be a const type sometimes.
-  typedef GTEST_REMOVE_CONST_(Container) RawContainer;
+  typedef typename std::remove_const<Container>::type RawContainer;
   return MakePolymorphicMatcher(
       internal::ContainerEqMatcher<RawContainer>(rhs));
 }
@@ -4072,12 +4072,12 @@
 // LHS container and the RHS container respectively.
 template <typename TupleMatcher, typename Container>
 inline internal::PointwiseMatcher<TupleMatcher,
-                                  GTEST_REMOVE_CONST_(Container)>
+                                  typename std::remove_const<Container>::type>
 Pointwise(const TupleMatcher& tuple_matcher, const Container& rhs) {
   // This following line is for working around a bug in MSVC 8.0,
   // which causes Container to be a const type sometimes (e.g. when
   // rhs is a const int[])..
-  typedef GTEST_REMOVE_CONST_(Container) RawContainer;
+  typedef typename std::remove_const<Container>::type RawContainer;
   return internal::PointwiseMatcher<TupleMatcher, RawContainer>(
       tuple_matcher, rhs);
 }
@@ -4105,14 +4105,15 @@
 template <typename Tuple2Matcher, typename RhsContainer>
 inline internal::UnorderedElementsAreArrayMatcher<
     typename internal::BoundSecondMatcher<
-        Tuple2Matcher, typename internal::StlContainerView<GTEST_REMOVE_CONST_(
-                           RhsContainer)>::type::value_type> >
+        Tuple2Matcher,
+        typename internal::StlContainerView<
+            typename std::remove_const<RhsContainer>::type>::type::value_type>>
 UnorderedPointwise(const Tuple2Matcher& tuple2_matcher,
                    const RhsContainer& rhs_container) {
   // This following line is for working around a bug in MSVC 8.0,
   // which causes RhsContainer to be a const type sometimes (e.g. when
   // rhs_container is a const int[]).
-  typedef GTEST_REMOVE_CONST_(RhsContainer) RawRhsContainer;
+  typedef typename std::remove_const<RhsContainer>::type RawRhsContainer;
 
   // RhsView allows the same code to handle RhsContainer being a
   // STL-style container and it being a native C-style array.
diff --git a/googlemock/include/gmock/internal/gmock-internal-utils.h b/googlemock/include/gmock/internal/gmock-internal-utils.h
index ee00479..4d75483 100644
--- a/googlemock/include/gmock/internal/gmock-internal-utils.h
+++ b/googlemock/include/gmock/internal/gmock-internal-utils.h
@@ -429,8 +429,8 @@
 
   static const_reference ConstReference(const RawContainer& container) {
     // Ensures that RawContainer is not a const type.
-    testing::StaticAssertTypeEq<RawContainer,
-        GTEST_REMOVE_CONST_(RawContainer)>();
+    testing::StaticAssertTypeEq<
+        RawContainer, typename std::remove_const<RawContainer>::type>();
     return container;
   }
   static type Copy(const RawContainer& container) { return container; }
@@ -440,7 +440,7 @@
 template <typename Element, size_t N>
 class StlContainerView<Element[N]> {
  public:
-  typedef GTEST_REMOVE_CONST_(Element) RawElement;
+  typedef typename std::remove_const<Element>::type RawElement;
   typedef internal::NativeArray<RawElement> type;
   // NativeArray<T> can represent a native array either by value or by
   // reference (selected by a constructor argument), so 'const type'
@@ -464,8 +464,8 @@
 template <typename ElementPointer, typename Size>
 class StlContainerView< ::std::tuple<ElementPointer, Size> > {
  public:
-  typedef GTEST_REMOVE_CONST_(
-      typename internal::PointeeOf<ElementPointer>::type) RawElement;
+  typedef typename std::remove_const<
+      typename internal::PointeeOf<ElementPointer>::type>::type RawElement;
   typedef internal::NativeArray<RawElement> type;
   typedef const type const_reference;
 
diff --git a/googletest/include/gtest/internal/gtest-internal.h b/googletest/include/gtest/internal/gtest-internal.h
index 08531d8..af7cd33 100644
--- a/googletest/include/gtest/internal/gtest-internal.h
+++ b/googletest/include/gtest/internal/gtest-internal.h
@@ -869,30 +869,9 @@
 #define GTEST_REMOVE_REFERENCE_(T) \
     typename ::testing::internal::RemoveReference<T>::type
 
-// Removes const from a type if it is a const type, otherwise leaves
-// it unchanged.  This is the same as tr1::remove_const, which is not
-// widely available yet.
-template <typename T>
-struct RemoveConst { typedef T type; };  // NOLINT
-template <typename T>
-struct RemoveConst<const T> { typedef T type; };  // NOLINT
-
-// MSVC 8.0, Sun C++, and IBM XL C++ have a bug which causes the above
-// definition to fail to remove the const in 'const int[3]' and 'const
-// char[3][4]'.  The following specialization works around the bug.
-template <typename T, size_t N>
-struct RemoveConst<const T[N]> {
-  typedef typename RemoveConst<T>::type type[N];
-};
-
-// A handy wrapper around RemoveConst that works when the argument
-// T depends on template parameters.
-#define GTEST_REMOVE_CONST_(T) \
-    typename ::testing::internal::RemoveConst<T>::type
-
 // Turns const U&, U&, const U, and U all into U.
 #define GTEST_REMOVE_REFERENCE_AND_CONST_(T) \
-    GTEST_REMOVE_CONST_(GTEST_REMOVE_REFERENCE_(T))
+  typename std::remove_const<GTEST_REMOVE_REFERENCE_(T)>::type
 
 // IsAProtocolMessage<T>::value is a compile-time bool constant that's
 // true if T is type proto2::Message or a subclass of it.
diff --git a/googletest/test/gtest_unittest.cc b/googletest/test/gtest_unittest.cc
index 2b00b70..0047f53 100644
--- a/googletest/test/gtest_unittest.cc
+++ b/googletest/test/gtest_unittest.cc
@@ -61,9 +61,10 @@
 #include <time.h>
 
 #include <map>
-#include <vector>
 #include <ostream>
+#include <type_traits>
 #include <unordered_set>
+#include <vector>
 
 #include "gtest/gtest-spi.h"
 #include "src/gtest-internal-inl.h"
@@ -262,7 +263,6 @@
 using testing::internal::ParseInt32Flag;
 using testing::internal::RelationToSourceCopy;
 using testing::internal::RelationToSourceReference;
-using testing::internal::RemoveConst;
 using testing::internal::RemoveReference;
 using testing::internal::ShouldRunTestOnShard;
 using testing::internal::ShouldShard;
@@ -7135,33 +7135,6 @@
   TestGTestRemoveReference<const char, const char&>();
 }
 
-
-// Tests that RemoveConst does not affect non-const types.
-TEST(RemoveConstTest, DoesNotAffectNonConstType) {
-  CompileAssertTypesEqual<int, RemoveConst<int>::type>();
-  CompileAssertTypesEqual<char&, RemoveConst<char&>::type>();
-}
-
-// Tests that RemoveConst removes const from const types.
-TEST(RemoveConstTest, RemovesConst) {
-  CompileAssertTypesEqual<int, RemoveConst<const int>::type>();
-  CompileAssertTypesEqual<char[2], RemoveConst<const char[2]>::type>();
-  CompileAssertTypesEqual<char[2][3], RemoveConst<const char[2][3]>::type>();
-}
-
-// Tests GTEST_REMOVE_CONST_.
-
-template <typename T1, typename T2>
-void TestGTestRemoveConst() {
-  CompileAssertTypesEqual<T1, GTEST_REMOVE_CONST_(T2)>();
-}
-
-TEST(RemoveConstTest, MacroVersion) {
-  TestGTestRemoveConst<int, int>();
-  TestGTestRemoveConst<double&, double&>();
-  TestGTestRemoveConst<char, const char>();
-}
-
 // Tests GTEST_REMOVE_REFERENCE_AND_CONST_.
 
 template <typename T1, typename T2>