diff --git a/include/boost/iterator/transform_iterator.hpp b/include/boost/iterator/transform_iterator.hpp
index 1a229e2..c365fe0 100644
--- a/include/boost/iterator/transform_iterator.hpp
+++ b/include/boost/iterator/transform_iterator.hpp
@@ -20,8 +20,6 @@
 #include <boost/type_traits/is_reference.hpp>
 #include <boost/type_traits/remove_const.hpp>
 #include <boost/type_traits/remove_reference.hpp>
-#include <boost/utility/result_of.hpp>
-
 
 #if BOOST_WORKAROUND(BOOST_MSVC, BOOST_TESTED_AT(1310))
 # include <boost/type_traits/is_base_and_derived.hpp>
@@ -37,18 +35,33 @@ namespace boost
 
   namespace detail 
   {
+
+    template <class UnaryFunc>
+    struct function_object_result
+    {
+      typedef typename UnaryFunc::result_type type;
+    };
+
+#ifndef BOOST_NO_TEMPLATE_PARTIAL_SPECIALIZATION
+    template <class Return, class Argument>
+    struct function_object_result<Return(*)(Argument)>
+    {
+      typedef Return type;
+    };
+#endif
+
     // Compute the iterator_adaptor instantiation to be used for transform_iterator
     template <class UnaryFunc, class Iterator, class Reference, class Value>
     struct transform_iterator_base
     {
      private:
-        typedef typename std::iterator_traits<Iterator>::reference Arg1;
-
         // By default, dereferencing the iterator yields the same as
-        // the function.
+        // the function.  Do we need to adjust the way
+        // function_object_result is computed for the standard
+        // proposal (e.g. using Doug's result_of)?
         typedef typename ia_dflt_help<
             Reference
-          , result_of<UnaryFunc(typename std::iterator_traits<Iterator>::value_type)>
+          , function_object_result<UnaryFunc>
         >::type reference;
 
         // To get the default for Value: remove any reference on the
@@ -100,7 +113,7 @@ namespace boost
 #endif 
     }
 
-    template <
+    template<
         class OtherUnaryFunction
       , class OtherIterator
       , class OtherReference
diff --git a/test/transform_iterator_test.cpp b/test/transform_iterator_test.cpp
index e72fc79..bf08dd2 100644
--- a/test/transform_iterator_test.cpp
+++ b/test/transform_iterator_test.cpp
@@ -102,16 +102,6 @@ int mult_2(int arg)
   return arg*2;
 }
 
-struct polymorphic_mult_functor
-{
-    //Implement result_of protocol
-    template <class FArgs> struct result;
-    template <class F, class T> struct result<F(T)> {typedef T type;};
-
-    template <class T> 
-    typename result<polymorphic_mult_functor(T)>::type
-    operator()(const T& _arg) const {return _arg*2;}
-};
 
 int
 main()
@@ -254,25 +244,5 @@ main()
     );
   }
 
-  // Test transform_iterator with polymorphic object function
-  {
-    int x[N], y[N];
-    for (int k = 0; k < N; ++k)
-      x[k] = k;
-    std::copy(x, x + N, y);
-    
-    for (int k2 = 0; k2 < N; ++k2)
-      x[k2] = x[k2] * 2;
-    
-    boost::input_iterator_test(
-        boost::make_transform_iterator(y, polymorphic_mult_functor()), x[0], x[1]);
-
-    boost::input_iterator_test(
-        boost::make_transform_iterator(&y[0], polymorphic_mult_functor()), x[0], x[1]);
- 
-    boost::random_access_readable_iterator_test(
-        boost::make_transform_iterator(y, polymorphic_mult_functor()), N, x);
-  }
-
   return boost::report_errors();
 }