diff --git a/Lib/csharp/std_string.i b/Lib/csharp/std_string.i
index 0a7a38ce3..73c164153 100644
--- a/Lib/csharp/std_string.i
+++ b/Lib/csharp/std_string.i
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@
 
 namespace std {
 
-%feature("novaluewrapper") string;  
 class string;
 
 // string
diff --git a/Lib/guile/std_string.i b/Lib/guile/std_string.i
index cb2211698..e30b0fdda 100644
--- a/Lib/guile/std_string.i
+++ b/Lib/guile/std_string.i
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@
 
 namespace std {
 
-    %feature("novaluewrapper") string;  
     class string;
 
     %typemap(typecheck) string = char *;
diff --git a/Lib/java/std_string.i b/Lib/java/std_string.i
index f6857c6df..ceae53037 100644
--- a/Lib/java/std_string.i
+++ b/Lib/java/std_string.i
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@
 
 namespace std {
 
-%feature("novaluewrapper") string;  
 class string;
 
 // string
diff --git a/Lib/mzscheme/std_string.i b/Lib/mzscheme/std_string.i
index 7ccf7adc3..fe70e9ab5 100644
--- a/Lib/mzscheme/std_string.i
+++ b/Lib/mzscheme/std_string.i
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@
 
 namespace std {
 
-    %feature("novaluewrapper") string;  
     class string;
 
     /* Overloading check */
diff --git a/Lib/perl5/std_string.i b/Lib/perl5/std_string.i
index 4a3ec0b83..c32fc1065 100644
--- a/Lib/perl5/std_string.i
+++ b/Lib/perl5/std_string.i
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@
 
 namespace std {
 
-    %feature("novaluewrapper") string;  
     class string;
 
     /* Overloading check */
diff --git a/Lib/php4/std_string.i b/Lib/php4/std_string.i
index 5a845d96b..4c46ee647 100644
--- a/Lib/php4/std_string.i
+++ b/Lib/php4/std_string.i
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@
 
 namespace std {
 
-    %feature("novaluewrapper") string;  
     class string;
 
     %typemap(in) string {
diff --git a/Lib/pike/std_string.i b/Lib/pike/std_string.i
index f4220a5f8..b8d994509 100644
--- a/Lib/pike/std_string.i
+++ b/Lib/pike/std_string.i
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@
 
 namespace std {
 
-    %feature("novaluewrapper") string;  
     class string;
 
     /* Overloading check */
diff --git a/Lib/python/std_string.i b/Lib/python/std_string.i
index d8cf79db4..8f5e84301 100644
--- a/Lib/python/std_string.i
+++ b/Lib/python/std_string.i
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@
 
 namespace std
 {
-  %feature("novaluewrapper") string;  
   class string;
 }
 
diff --git a/Lib/ruby/std_string.i b/Lib/ruby/std_string.i
index 760160ba6..12827e256 100644
--- a/Lib/ruby/std_string.i
+++ b/Lib/ruby/std_string.i
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@ namespace std {
 
     // Ruby wants class names to start with a capital letter
     %rename(String) string;
-    %feature("novaluewrapper") string;  
     class string;
 
     /* Overloading check */
diff --git a/Lib/tcl/std_string.i b/Lib/tcl/std_string.i
index c21326761..ad61399f3 100644
--- a/Lib/tcl/std_string.i
+++ b/Lib/tcl/std_string.i
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@
 
 namespace std {
 
-    %feature("novaluewrapper") string;  
     class string;
 
     /* Overloading check */