diff --git a/include/boost/url/url.hpp b/include/boost/url/url.hpp
index f4d38e54e..975fb735c 100644
--- a/include/boost/url/url.hpp
+++ b/include/boost/url/url.hpp
@@ -322,99 +322,6 @@ class BOOST_SYMBOL_VISIBLE url
 
 //----------------------------------------------------------
 
-/** Resolve a URL reference against a base URL
-
-    This function attempts to resolve a URL
-    reference `ref` against the base URL `base`
-    in a manner similar to that of a web browser
-    resolving an anchor tag. The base URL
-    must satisfy the <em>absolute-URI</em>
-    grammar.
-
-    Relative references are only usable when
-    in the context of a base absolute URI.
-    This process of resolving a relative
-    <em>reference</em> within the context of
-    a <em>base</em> URI is defined in detail
-    in rfc3986 (see below).
-
-    The resolution process works as if the
-    relative reference is appended to the base
-    URI and the result is normalized.
-
-    Given the input base URL, this function
-    resolves the relative reference
-    as if performing the following steps:
-
-    @li Ensure the base URI has at least a scheme
-    @li Normalizing the reference path
-    @li Merge base and reference paths
-    @li Normalize the merged path
-
-    This function places the result of the
-    resolution into `dest`, which can be
-    any of the url containers that inherit
-    from @ref url_base.
-
-    If an error occurs, the contents of
-    `dest` is unspecified and `ec` is set.
-
-    @par Example
-    @code
-    url dest;
-    error_code ec;
-
-    resolve("/one/two/three", "four", dest, ec);
-    assert( dest.str() == "/one/two/four" );
-
-    resolve("http://example.com/", "/one", dest, ec);
-    assert( dest.str() == "http://example.com/one" );
-
-    resolve("http://example.com/one", "/two", dest, ec);
-    assert( dest.str() == "http://example.com/two" );
-
-    resolve("http://a/b/c/d;p?q", "g#s", dest, ec);
-    assert( dest.str() == "http://a/b/c/g#s" );
-    @endcode
-
-    @par BNF
-    @code
-    absolute-URI  = scheme ":" hier-part [ "?" query ]
-    @endcode
-
-    @par Exception Safety
-    Basic guarantee.
-    Calls to allocate may throw.
-
-    @return Error if any occurred
-
-    @param base The base URL to resolve against.
-
-    @param ref The URL reference to resolve.
-
-    @param dest The container where the result
-    is written, upon success.
-
-    @par Specification
-    <a href="https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc3986#section-5"
-        >5. Reference Resolution (rfc3986)</a>
-
-    @see
-        @ref url,
-        @ref url_view.
-*/
-inline
-result<void>
-resolve(
-    url_view_base const& base,
-    url_view_base const& ref,
-    url_base& dest)
-{
-    BOOST_ASSERT(&dest != &base);
-    BOOST_ASSERT(&dest != &ref);
-    return dest.resolve_impl(base, ref);
-}
-
 /** Compares two absolute paths and make one relative to the other
 
     This function compares the absolute paths in