diff --git a/Source/Locale/Locale.cpp b/Source/Locale/Locale.cpp
index 311bf4d3..878a3ddb 100644
--- a/Source/Locale/Locale.cpp
+++ b/Source/Locale/Locale.cpp
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ namespace Aurora::Locale
     
     // Note: [0] out of touch boomers deprecated std::wstring_convert before going for a nappy. we do not have a replacement yet
     //       [1] the native win32 implementation appears to be more optimized than MSVC/stl
-#if !defined(AU_NO_CPPLOCALE)
+#if !defined(AU_NO_CPPLOCALE) && !(defined(AURORA_COMPILER_MSVC) && defined(AU_LANG_CPP_20))
     static std::wstring_convert<std::codecvt_utf8<wchar_t>> gUtf8Conv;
 #endif