diff --git a/include/etl/private/variant_legacy.h b/include/etl/private/variant_legacy.h
index f91b0c4b..6e19fb94 100644
--- a/include/etl/private/variant_legacy.h
+++ b/include/etl/private/variant_legacy.h
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ namespace etl
   {
   public:
     variant_incorrect_type_exception(string_type file_name_, numeric_type line_number_)
-      : variant_exception(ETL_ERROR_TEXT("variant: unsupported type", ETL_VARIANT_FILE_ID"A"), file_name_, line_number_)
+      : variant_exception(ETL_ERROR_TEXT("variant:unsupported type", ETL_VARIANT_FILE_ID"A"), file_name_, line_number_)
     {
     }
   };
diff --git a/include/etl/utility.h b/include/etl/utility.h
index c6abd668..b9ab53c4 100644
--- a/include/etl/utility.h
+++ b/include/etl/utility.h
@@ -437,14 +437,6 @@ namespace etl
   inline constexpr in_place_index_t<I> in_place_index{};
 #endif
 
-  //***************************************************************************
-  /// declval
-  //***************************************************************************
-#if ETL_USING_CPP11
-  template <typename T>
-  typename etl::add_rvalue_reference<T>::type declval() ETL_NOEXCEPT;
-#endif
-
 #if ETL_USING_CPP11
   //*************************************************************************
   /// A function wrapper for free/global functions.