diff --git a/include/chaiscript/chaiscript_defines.hpp b/include/chaiscript/chaiscript_defines.hpp
index 4c31b6e..0ff0ac3 100644
--- a/include/chaiscript/chaiscript_defines.hpp
+++ b/include/chaiscript/chaiscript_defines.hpp
@@ -137,13 +137,6 @@ namespace chaiscript {
   };
 
 
-  template<typename Iter, typename Distance>
-    Iter advance_copy(Iter iter, Distance distance) {
-      std::advance(iter, static_cast<typename std::iterator_traits<Iter>::difference_type>(distance));
-      return iter;
-    }
-
-
   template<typename T>
     auto parse_num(const char *t_str) -> typename std::enable_if<std::is_integral<T>::value, T>::type
     {
diff --git a/include/chaiscript/dispatchkit/dispatchkit.hpp b/include/chaiscript/dispatchkit/dispatchkit.hpp
index b94152e..f9159d6 100644
--- a/include/chaiscript/dispatchkit/dispatchkit.hpp
+++ b/include/chaiscript/dispatchkit/dispatchkit.hpp
@@ -1410,7 +1410,7 @@ namespace chaiscript
         static typename Container::const_iterator find_keyed_value(const Container &t_c, const Key &t_key, const size_t t_hint)
           {
             if (t_c.size() > t_hint && t_c[t_hint].first == t_key) {
-              return advance_copy(t_c.begin(), t_hint);
+              return std::next(t_c.begin(), t_hint);
             } else {
               return find_keyed_value(t_c, t_key);
             }