diff --git a/panda/src/putil/pointerToArray.I b/panda/src/putil/pointerToArray.I
index 8968b50fad..db1a1791cc 100644
--- a/panda/src/putil/pointerToArray.I
+++ b/panda/src/putil/pointerToArray.I
@@ -316,7 +316,7 @@ erase(iterator first, iterator last) const {
   _ptr->erase(first, last);
 }
 
-#if !defined(WIN32_VC) || defined(CPPPARSER)
+#if !defined(WIN32_VC)
 ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 //     Function: PointerToArray::Indexing operator
 //       Access: Published
diff --git a/panda/src/putil/pointerToArray.h b/panda/src/putil/pointerToArray.h
index 21ade71a21..3ee76071b3 100644
--- a/panda/src/putil/pointerToArray.h
+++ b/panda/src/putil/pointerToArray.h
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ public:
   INLINE void erase(iterator first, iterator last) const;
 
 PUBLISHED:
-#if !defined(WIN32_VC) || defined(CPPPARSER)
+#if !defined(WIN32_VC)
   INLINE reference operator [](size_type n) const;
 #endif
   INLINE void push_back(const Element &x);