diff --git a/include/benchmark/benchmark_api.h b/include/benchmark/benchmark_api.h
index ab1f84a0..41b8b4f0 100644
--- a/include/benchmark/benchmark_api.h
+++ b/include/benchmark/benchmark_api.h
@@ -445,7 +445,7 @@ class Benchmark {
 // BENCHMARK_TEMPLATE(BM_Foo, 1);
 //
 // will register BM_Foo<1> as a benchmark.
-# define BENCHMARK_TEMPLATE1(n, a)                           \
+#define BENCHMARK_TEMPLATE(n, a)                             \
   static ::benchmark::internal::Benchmark* BENCHMARK_CONCAT( \
       __benchmark_, n, __LINE__) BENCHMARK_UNUSED =          \
       (new ::benchmark::internal::Benchmark(#n "<" #a ">", n<a>))
@@ -455,16 +455,6 @@ class Benchmark {
       __benchmark_, n, __LINE__) BENCHMARK_UNUSED =          \
       (new ::benchmark::internal::Benchmark(#n "<" #a "," #b ">", n<a, b>))
 
-#if __cplusplus >= 201103L
-#define BENCHMARK_TEMPLATE(n, ...)                           \
-  static ::benchmark::internal::Benchmark* BENCHMARK_CONCAT( \
-      _benchmark_, n, __LINE__) BENCHMARK_UNUSED =           \
-      (new ::benchmark::internal::Benchmark(                 \
-        #n "<" #__VA_ARGS__ ">", n< __VA_ARGS__ > ))
-#else
-#define BENCHMARK_TEMPLATE(n, a) BENCHMARK_TEMPLATE1(n, a)
-#endif
-
 // Helper macro to create a main routine in a test that runs the benchmarks
 #define BENCHMARK_MAIN()                             \
   int main(int argc, const char** argv) {            \