diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 1a361502..42dd82ec 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -300,15 +300,6 @@ void android_example()
     android_logger->critical("Use \"adb shell logcat\" to view this message.");
 }
 ```
----
-#### Compile-time format string syntax checking
-```C++
-#include "spdlog/spdlog.h"
-int main()
-{
-    spdlog::info(FMT_STRING("{:d} is an invalid format tag"));
-}
-```
 
 ## Benchmarks