diff --git a/include/spdlog/logger.h b/include/spdlog/logger.h
index a43b3e8f..3b99615e 100644
--- a/include/spdlog/logger.h
+++ b/include/spdlog/logger.h
@@ -228,26 +228,9 @@ public:
 #ifndef _WIN32
 #error SPDLOG_WCHAR_TO_UTF8_SUPPORT only supported on windows
 #else
+
     template<typename... Args>
-    void force_log(source_loc loc, level::level_enum lvl, wstring_view_t fmt, const Args &... args)
-    {
-        try
-        {
-            // format to wmemory_buffer and convert to utf8
-            fmt::wmemory_buffer wbuf;
-            fmt::format_to(wbuf, fmt, args...);
-
-            fmt::memory_buffer buf;
-            details::os::wstr_to_utf8buf(wstring_view_t(wbuf.data(), wbuf.size()), buf);
-
-            details::log_msg log_msg(loc, name_, lvl, string_view_t(buf.data(), buf.size()));
-            sink_it_(log_msg);
-        }
-        SPDLOG_LOGGER_CATCH()
-    }
-
-	 template<typename... Args>
-    void log(source_loc loc, level::level_enum lvl, wstring_view_t fmt, const Args &... args)
+	void log(source_loc loc, level::level_enum lvl, wstring_view_t fmt, const Args &... args)
     {
         auto level_enabled = should_log(lvl);
         if (!level_enabled && !tracer_)