diff --git a/include/fc/iostream.hpp b/include/fc/iostream.hpp
index f0650d8..06a5809 100644
--- a/include/fc/iostream.hpp
+++ b/include/fc/iostream.hpp
@@ -77,7 +77,6 @@ namespace fc {
       return o;
   }
 
-  fc::cin_t&   getline( fc::cin_t&, fc::string&, char delim = '\n' );
   template<typename T>
   cin_t& operator>>( cin_t& o, T& v ) {
       fc::string str;
diff --git a/include/fc/lexical_cast.hpp b/include/fc/lexical_cast.hpp
index e0f491e..18b9f6f 100644
--- a/include/fc/lexical_cast.hpp
+++ b/include/fc/lexical_cast.hpp
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ namespace fc {
     fc::string to_string( int16_t d  );
     fc::string to_string( int8_t d  );
     fc::string to_string( char d  );
-    fc::string to_string( const char* d  );
+    inline fc::string to_string( const char* d  ) { return d; }
     inline fc::string to_string( fc::string s ) { return s; }
 
     template<typename R> 
diff --git a/tests/json_rpc_test.cpp b/tests/json_rpc_test.cpp
index 1ae18c4..91a04c0 100644
--- a/tests/json_rpc_test.cpp
+++ b/tests/json_rpc_test.cpp
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 #include <fc/json_rpc_client.hpp>
-#include <iostream>
 
 struct test {
   int add(int x){ return x+1; }