diff --git a/googlemock/include/gmock/gmock-matchers.h b/googlemock/include/gmock/gmock-matchers.h
index 3cd0ce06..9caee1d6 100644
--- a/googlemock/include/gmock/gmock-matchers.h
+++ b/googlemock/include/gmock/gmock-matchers.h
@@ -963,7 +963,6 @@ class [[nodiscard]] StrEqualityMatcher {
         expect_eq_(expect_eq),
         case_sensitive_(case_sensitive) {}
 
-#if GTEST_INTERNAL_HAS_STRING_VIEW
   bool MatchAndExplain(const internal::StringView& s,
                        MatchResultListener* listener) const {
     // This should fail to compile if StringView is used with wide
@@ -971,7 +970,6 @@ class [[nodiscard]] StrEqualityMatcher {
     const StringType& str = std::string(s);
     return MatchAndExplain(str, listener);
   }
-#endif  // GTEST_INTERNAL_HAS_STRING_VIEW
 
   // Accepts pointer types, particularly:
   //   const char*
@@ -1031,7 +1029,6 @@ class [[nodiscard]] HasSubstrMatcher {
   explicit HasSubstrMatcher(const StringType& substring)
       : substring_(substring) {}
 
-#if GTEST_INTERNAL_HAS_STRING_VIEW
   bool MatchAndExplain(const internal::StringView& s,
                        MatchResultListener* listener) const {
     // This should fail to compile if StringView is used with wide
@@ -1039,7 +1036,6 @@ class [[nodiscard]] HasSubstrMatcher {
     const StringType& str = std::string(s);
     return MatchAndExplain(str, listener);
   }
-#endif  // GTEST_INTERNAL_HAS_STRING_VIEW
 
   // Accepts pointer types, particularly:
   //   const char*
@@ -1084,7 +1080,6 @@ class [[nodiscard]] StartsWithMatcher {
  public:
   explicit StartsWithMatcher(const StringType& prefix) : prefix_(prefix) {}
 
-#if GTEST_INTERNAL_HAS_STRING_VIEW
   bool MatchAndExplain(const internal::StringView& s,
                        MatchResultListener* listener) const {
     // This should fail to compile if StringView is used with wide
@@ -1092,7 +1087,6 @@ class [[nodiscard]] StartsWithMatcher {
     const StringType& str = std::string(s);
     return MatchAndExplain(str, listener);
   }
-#endif  // GTEST_INTERNAL_HAS_STRING_VIEW
 
   // Accepts pointer types, particularly:
   //   const char*
@@ -1138,7 +1132,6 @@ class [[nodiscard]] EndsWithMatcher {
  public:
   explicit EndsWithMatcher(const StringType& suffix) : suffix_(suffix) {}
 
-#if GTEST_INTERNAL_HAS_STRING_VIEW
   bool MatchAndExplain(const internal::StringView& s,
                        MatchResultListener* listener) const {
     // This should fail to compile if StringView is used with wide
@@ -1146,7 +1139,6 @@ class [[nodiscard]] EndsWithMatcher {
     const StringType& str = std::string(s);
     return MatchAndExplain(str, listener);
   }
-#endif  // GTEST_INTERNAL_HAS_STRING_VIEW
 
   // Accepts pointer types, particularly:
   //   const char*
diff --git a/googlemock/test/gmock-matchers-comparisons_test.cc b/googlemock/test/gmock-matchers-comparisons_test.cc
index bb3f3d20..e90b3af7 100644
--- a/googlemock/test/gmock-matchers-comparisons_test.cc
+++ b/googlemock/test/gmock-matchers-comparisons_test.cc
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@
 #include <memory>
 #include <optional>
 #include <string>
+#include <string_view>
 #include <tuple>
 #include <vector>
 
@@ -42,10 +43,6 @@
 #include "test/gmock-matchers_test.h"
 #include "gtest/gtest.h"
 
-#if GTEST_INTERNAL_HAS_STRING_VIEW
-#include <string_view>
-#endif
-
 // Silence warning C4244: 'initializing': conversion from 'int' to 'short',
 // possible loss of data and C4100, unreferenced local parameter
 GTEST_DISABLE_MSC_WARNINGS_PUSH_(4244 4100)
@@ -240,7 +237,6 @@ TEST(StringMatcherTest, CanBeImplicitlyConstructedFromString) {
   EXPECT_FALSE(m2.Matches("hello"));
 }
 
-#if GTEST_INTERNAL_HAS_STRING_VIEW
 // Tests that a C-string literal can be implicitly converted to a
 // Matcher<StringView> or Matcher<const StringView&>.
 TEST(StringViewMatcherTest, CanBeImplicitlyConstructedFromCStringLiteral) {
@@ -276,7 +272,6 @@ TEST(StringViewMatcherTest, CanBeImplicitlyConstructedFromStringView) {
   EXPECT_TRUE(m2.Matches("cats"));
   EXPECT_FALSE(m2.Matches("dogs"));
 }
-#endif  // GTEST_INTERNAL_HAS_STRING_VIEW
 
 // Tests that a std::reference_wrapper<std::string> object can be implicitly
 // converted to a Matcher<std::string> or Matcher<const std::string&> via Eq().
@@ -1265,18 +1260,13 @@ internal::StringType<T> ToString(T str) {
 TEST(StringType, TestConversions) {
   EXPECT_EQ("foo", ToString("foo"));
   EXPECT_EQ("foo", ToString(std::string("foo")));
+  EXPECT_EQ("foo", ToString(internal::StringView("foo")));
 
 #if GTEST_HAS_STD_WSTRING
   EXPECT_EQ(L"foo", ToString(L"foo"));
   EXPECT_EQ(L"foo", ToString(std::wstring(L"foo")));
-#endif
-
-#if GTEST_INTERNAL_HAS_STRING_VIEW
-  EXPECT_EQ("foo", ToString(internal::StringView("foo")));
-#if GTEST_HAS_STD_WSTRING
   EXPECT_EQ(L"foo", ToString(std::wstring_view(L"foo")));
 #endif
-#endif  // GTEST_INTERNAL_HAS_STRING_VIEW
 
   // Non deducible types.
   EXPECT_EQ("", ToString({}));
@@ -1295,7 +1285,6 @@ TEST(StrEqTest, MatchesEqualString) {
   EXPECT_TRUE(m2.Matches("Hello"));
   EXPECT_FALSE(m2.Matches("Hi"));
 
-#if GTEST_INTERNAL_HAS_STRING_VIEW
   Matcher<const internal::StringView&> m3 =
       StrEq(internal::StringView("Hello"));
   EXPECT_TRUE(m3.Matches(internal::StringView("Hello")));
@@ -1306,7 +1295,6 @@ TEST(StrEqTest, MatchesEqualString) {
   EXPECT_TRUE(m_empty.Matches(internal::StringView("")));
   EXPECT_TRUE(m_empty.Matches(internal::StringView()));
   EXPECT_FALSE(m_empty.Matches(internal::StringView("hello")));
-#endif  // GTEST_INTERNAL_HAS_STRING_VIEW
 }
 
 TEST(StrEqTest, CanDescribeSelf) {
@@ -1333,12 +1321,10 @@ TEST(StrNeTest, MatchesUnequalString) {
   EXPECT_TRUE(m2.Matches("hello"));
   EXPECT_FALSE(m2.Matches("Hello"));
 
-#if GTEST_INTERNAL_HAS_STRING_VIEW
   Matcher<const internal::StringView> m3 = StrNe(internal::StringView("Hello"));
   EXPECT_TRUE(m3.Matches(internal::StringView("")));
   EXPECT_TRUE(m3.Matches(internal::StringView()));
   EXPECT_FALSE(m3.Matches(internal::StringView("Hello")));
-#endif  // GTEST_INTERNAL_HAS_STRING_VIEW
 }
 
 TEST(StrNeTest, CanDescribeSelf) {
@@ -1357,14 +1343,12 @@ TEST(StrCaseEqTest, MatchesEqualStringIgnoringCase) {
   EXPECT_TRUE(m2.Matches("hello"));
   EXPECT_FALSE(m2.Matches("Hi"));
 
-#if GTEST_INTERNAL_HAS_STRING_VIEW
   Matcher<const internal::StringView&> m3 =
       StrCaseEq(internal::StringView("Hello"));
   EXPECT_TRUE(m3.Matches(internal::StringView("Hello")));
   EXPECT_TRUE(m3.Matches(internal::StringView("hello")));
   EXPECT_FALSE(m3.Matches(internal::StringView("Hi")));
   EXPECT_FALSE(m3.Matches(internal::StringView()));
-#endif  // GTEST_INTERNAL_HAS_STRING_VIEW
 }
 
 TEST(StrCaseEqTest, MatchesEqualStringWith0IgnoringCase) {
@@ -1408,14 +1392,12 @@ TEST(StrCaseNeTest, MatchesUnequalStringIgnoringCase) {
   EXPECT_TRUE(m2.Matches(""));
   EXPECT_FALSE(m2.Matches("Hello"));
 
-#if GTEST_INTERNAL_HAS_STRING_VIEW
   Matcher<const internal::StringView> m3 =
       StrCaseNe(internal::StringView("Hello"));
   EXPECT_TRUE(m3.Matches(internal::StringView("Hi")));
   EXPECT_TRUE(m3.Matches(internal::StringView()));
   EXPECT_FALSE(m3.Matches(internal::StringView("Hello")));
   EXPECT_FALSE(m3.Matches(internal::StringView("hello")));
-#endif  // GTEST_INTERNAL_HAS_STRING_VIEW
 }
 
 TEST(StrCaseNeTest, CanDescribeSelf) {
@@ -1456,7 +1438,6 @@ TEST(HasSubstrTest, WorksForCStrings) {
   EXPECT_FALSE(m_empty.Matches(nullptr));
 }
 
-#if GTEST_INTERNAL_HAS_STRING_VIEW
 // Tests that HasSubstr() works for matching StringView-typed values.
 TEST(HasSubstrTest, WorksForStringViewClasses) {
   const Matcher<internal::StringView> m1 =
@@ -1475,7 +1456,6 @@ TEST(HasSubstrTest, WorksForStringViewClasses) {
   EXPECT_TRUE(m3.Matches(internal::StringView("")));
   EXPECT_TRUE(m3.Matches(internal::StringView()));
 }
-#endif  // GTEST_INTERNAL_HAS_STRING_VIEW
 
 // Tests that HasSubstr(s) describes itself properly.
 TEST(HasSubstrTest, CanDescribeSelf) {
@@ -1874,13 +1854,11 @@ TEST(StartsWithTest, MatchesStringWithGivenPrefix) {
   EXPECT_FALSE(m2.Matches("H"));
   EXPECT_FALSE(m2.Matches(" Hi"));
 
-#if GTEST_INTERNAL_HAS_STRING_VIEW
   const Matcher<internal::StringView> m_empty =
       StartsWith(internal::StringView(""));
   EXPECT_TRUE(m_empty.Matches(internal::StringView()));
   EXPECT_TRUE(m_empty.Matches(internal::StringView("")));
   EXPECT_TRUE(m_empty.Matches(internal::StringView("not empty")));
-#endif  // GTEST_INTERNAL_HAS_STRING_VIEW
 }
 
 TEST(StartsWithTest, CanDescribeSelf) {
@@ -1889,12 +1867,8 @@ TEST(StartsWithTest, CanDescribeSelf) {
 }
 
 TEST(StartsWithTest, WorksWithStringMatcherOnStringViewMatchee) {
-#if GTEST_INTERNAL_HAS_STRING_VIEW
   EXPECT_THAT(internal::StringView("talk to me goose"),
               StartsWith(std::string("talk")));
-#else
-  GTEST_SKIP() << "Not applicable without internal::StringView.";
-#endif  // GTEST_INTERNAL_HAS_STRING_VIEW
 }
 
 // Tests EndsWith(s).
@@ -1912,14 +1886,12 @@ TEST(EndsWithTest, MatchesStringWithGivenSuffix) {
   EXPECT_FALSE(m2.Matches("i"));
   EXPECT_FALSE(m2.Matches("Hi "));
 
-#if GTEST_INTERNAL_HAS_STRING_VIEW
   const Matcher<const internal::StringView&> m4 =
       EndsWith(internal::StringView(""));
   EXPECT_TRUE(m4.Matches("Hi"));
   EXPECT_TRUE(m4.Matches(""));
   EXPECT_TRUE(m4.Matches(internal::StringView()));
   EXPECT_TRUE(m4.Matches(internal::StringView("")));
-#endif  // GTEST_INTERNAL_HAS_STRING_VIEW
 }
 
 TEST(EndsWithTest, CanDescribeSelf) {
@@ -1942,14 +1914,12 @@ TEST(WhenBase64UnescapedTest, MatchesUnescapedBase64Strings) {
   EXPECT_TRUE(m2.Matches("aGVsbG8gd29ybGQh"));   // hello world!
   EXPECT_TRUE(m2.Matches("+/-_IQ"));             // \xfb\xff\xbf!
 
-#if GTEST_INTERNAL_HAS_STRING_VIEW
   const Matcher<const internal::StringView&> m3 =
       WhenBase64Unescaped(EndsWith("!"));
   EXPECT_FALSE(m3.Matches("invalid base64"));
   EXPECT_FALSE(m3.Matches("aGVsbG8gd29ybGQ="));  // hello world
   EXPECT_TRUE(m3.Matches("aGVsbG8gd29ybGQh"));   // hello world!
   EXPECT_TRUE(m3.Matches("+/-_IQ"));             // \xfb\xff\xbf!
-#endif  // GTEST_INTERNAL_HAS_STRING_VIEW
 }
 
 TEST(WhenBase64UnescapedTest, CanDescribeSelf) {
@@ -1970,7 +1940,6 @@ TEST(MatchesRegexTest, MatchesStringMatchingGivenRegex) {
   EXPECT_FALSE(m2.Matches("az1"));
   EXPECT_FALSE(m2.Matches("1az"));
 
-#if GTEST_INTERNAL_HAS_STRING_VIEW
   const Matcher<const internal::StringView&> m3 = MatchesRegex("a.*z");
   EXPECT_TRUE(m3.Matches(internal::StringView("az")));
   EXPECT_TRUE(m3.Matches(internal::StringView("abcz")));
@@ -1980,7 +1949,6 @@ TEST(MatchesRegexTest, MatchesStringMatchingGivenRegex) {
       MatchesRegex(internal::StringView(""));
   EXPECT_TRUE(m4.Matches(internal::StringView("")));
   EXPECT_TRUE(m4.Matches(internal::StringView()));
-#endif  // GTEST_INTERNAL_HAS_STRING_VIEW
 }
 
 TEST(MatchesRegexTest, CanDescribeSelf) {
@@ -1990,10 +1958,8 @@ TEST(MatchesRegexTest, CanDescribeSelf) {
   Matcher<const char*> m2 = MatchesRegex(new RE("a.*"));
   EXPECT_EQ("matches regular expression \"a.*\"", Describe(m2));
 
-#if GTEST_INTERNAL_HAS_STRING_VIEW
   Matcher<const internal::StringView> m3 = MatchesRegex(new RE("0.*"));
   EXPECT_EQ("matches regular expression \"0.*\"", Describe(m3));
-#endif  // GTEST_INTERNAL_HAS_STRING_VIEW
 }
 
 // Tests ContainsRegex().
@@ -2009,7 +1975,6 @@ TEST(ContainsRegexTest, MatchesStringContainingGivenRegex) {
   EXPECT_TRUE(m2.Matches("az1"));
   EXPECT_FALSE(m2.Matches("1a"));
 
-#if GTEST_INTERNAL_HAS_STRING_VIEW
   const Matcher<const internal::StringView&> m3 = ContainsRegex(new RE("a.*z"));
   EXPECT_TRUE(m3.Matches(internal::StringView("azbz")));
   EXPECT_TRUE(m3.Matches(internal::StringView("az1")));
@@ -2019,7 +1984,6 @@ TEST(ContainsRegexTest, MatchesStringContainingGivenRegex) {
       ContainsRegex(internal::StringView(""));
   EXPECT_TRUE(m4.Matches(internal::StringView("")));
   EXPECT_TRUE(m4.Matches(internal::StringView()));
-#endif  // GTEST_INTERNAL_HAS_STRING_VIEW
 }
 
 TEST(ContainsRegexTest, CanDescribeSelf) {
@@ -2029,10 +1993,8 @@ TEST(ContainsRegexTest, CanDescribeSelf) {
   Matcher<const char*> m2 = ContainsRegex(new RE("a.*"));
   EXPECT_EQ("contains regular expression \"a.*\"", Describe(m2));
 
-#if GTEST_INTERNAL_HAS_STRING_VIEW
   Matcher<const internal::StringView> m3 = ContainsRegex(new RE("0.*"));
   EXPECT_EQ("contains regular expression \"0.*\"", Describe(m3));
-#endif  // GTEST_INTERNAL_HAS_STRING_VIEW
 }
 
 // Tests for wide strings.
diff --git a/googletest/include/gtest/gtest-matchers.h b/googletest/include/gtest/gtest-matchers.h
index 2c8d5a1d..b5950425 100644
--- a/googletest/include/gtest/gtest-matchers.h
+++ b/googletest/include/gtest/gtest-matchers.h
@@ -544,9 +544,8 @@ Matcher<std::string> : public internal::MatcherBase<std::string> {
   Matcher(const char* s);  // NOLINT
 };
 
-#if GTEST_INTERNAL_HAS_STRING_VIEW
 // The following two specializations allow the user to write str
-// instead of Eq(str) and "foo" instead of Eq("foo") when a absl::string_view
+// instead of Eq(str) and "foo" instead of Eq("foo") when a std::string_view
 // matcher is expected.
 template <>
 class GTEST_API_ [[nodiscard]] Matcher<const internal::StringView&>
@@ -570,7 +569,7 @@ class GTEST_API_ [[nodiscard]] Matcher<const internal::StringView&>
   // Allows the user to write "foo" instead of Eq("foo") sometimes.
   Matcher(const char* s);  // NOLINT
 
-  // Allows the user to pass absl::string_views or std::string_views directly.
+  // Allows the user to pass std::string_views directly.
   Matcher(internal::StringView s);  // NOLINT
 };
 
@@ -597,10 +596,9 @@ class GTEST_API_ [[nodiscard]] Matcher<internal::StringView>
   // Allows the user to write "foo" instead of Eq("foo") sometimes.
   Matcher(const char* s);  // NOLINT
 
-  // Allows the user to pass absl::string_views or std::string_views directly.
+  // Allows the user to pass std::string_views directly.
   Matcher(internal::StringView s);  // NOLINT
 };
-#endif  // GTEST_INTERNAL_HAS_STRING_VIEW
 
 // Prints a matcher in a human-readable format.
 template <typename T>
@@ -842,12 +840,10 @@ class [[nodiscard]] MatchesRegexMatcher {
   MatchesRegexMatcher(const RE* regex, bool full_match)
       : regex_(regex), full_match_(full_match) {}
 
-#if GTEST_INTERNAL_HAS_STRING_VIEW
   bool MatchAndExplain(const internal::StringView& s,
                        MatchResultListener* listener) const {
     return MatchAndExplain(std::string(s), listener);
   }
-#endif  // GTEST_INTERNAL_HAS_STRING_VIEW
 
   // Accepts pointer types, particularly:
   //   const char*
@@ -862,7 +858,7 @@ class [[nodiscard]] MatchesRegexMatcher {
   // Matches anything that can convert to std::string.
   //
   // This is a template, not just a plain function with const std::string&,
-  // because absl::string_view has some interfering non-explicit constructors.
+  // because std::string_view has some interfering non-explicit constructors.
   template <class MatcheeStringType>
   bool MatchAndExplain(const MatcheeStringType& s,
                        MatchResultListener* /* listener */) const {
diff --git a/googletest/include/gtest/gtest-printers.h b/googletest/include/gtest/gtest-printers.h
index fc0913ff..315ce0a5 100644
--- a/googletest/include/gtest/gtest-printers.h
+++ b/googletest/include/gtest/gtest-printers.h
@@ -291,11 +291,9 @@ struct ConvertibleToIntegerPrinter {
 };
 
 struct ConvertibleToStringViewPrinter {
-#if GTEST_INTERNAL_HAS_STRING_VIEW
   static void PrintValue(internal::StringView value, ::std::ostream* os) {
     internal::UniversalPrint(value, os);
   }
-#endif
 };
 
 #ifdef GTEST_HAS_ABSL
@@ -703,12 +701,12 @@ void PrintRawArrayTo(const T a[], size_t count, ::std::ostream* os) {
   }
 }
 
-// Overloads for ::std::string and ::std::string_view
-GTEST_API_ void PrintStringTo(::std::string_view s, ::std::ostream* os);
+// Overloads for ::std::string and std::string_view
+GTEST_API_ void PrintStringTo(std::string_view s, ::std::ostream* os);
 inline void PrintTo(const ::std::string& s, ::std::ostream* os) {
   PrintStringTo(s, os);
 }
-inline void PrintTo(::std::string_view s, ::std::ostream* os) {
+inline void PrintTo(std::string_view s, ::std::ostream* os) {
   PrintStringTo(s, os);
 }
 
@@ -752,16 +750,14 @@ inline void PrintTo(::std::wstring_view s, ::std::ostream* os) {
 }
 #endif  // GTEST_HAS_STD_WSTRING
 
-#if GTEST_INTERNAL_HAS_STRING_VIEW
 // Overload for internal::StringView. Needed for build configurations where
 // internal::StringView is an alias for absl::string_view, but absl::string_view
 // is a distinct type from std::string_view.
 template <int&... ExplicitArgumentBarrier, typename T = internal::StringView,
-          std::enable_if_t<!std::is_same_v<T, ::std::string_view>, int> = 0>
+          std::enable_if_t<!std::is_same_v<T, std::string_view>, int> = 0>
 inline void PrintTo(internal::StringView sp, ::std::ostream* os) {
   PrintStringTo(sp, os);
 }
-#endif  // GTEST_INTERNAL_HAS_STRING_VIEW
 
 inline void PrintTo(std::nullptr_t, ::std::ostream* os) { *os << "(nullptr)"; }
 
diff --git a/googletest/include/gtest/internal/gtest-death-test-internal.h b/googletest/include/gtest/internal/gtest-death-test-internal.h
index f88e2049..f0f93e52 100644
--- a/googletest/include/gtest/internal/gtest-death-test-internal.h
+++ b/googletest/include/gtest/internal/gtest-death-test-internal.h
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@
 
 #include <memory>
 #include <string>
+#include <string_view>
 
 #include "gtest/gtest-matchers.h"
 #include "gtest/internal/gtest-internal.h"
@@ -63,6 +64,10 @@ inline Matcher<const ::std::string&> MakeDeathTestMatcher(
     ::testing::internal::RE regex) {
   return ContainsRegex(regex.pattern());
 }
+inline Matcher<const ::std::string&> MakeDeathTestMatcher(
+    std::string_view regex) {
+  return ContainsRegex(regex);
+}
 inline Matcher<const ::std::string&> MakeDeathTestMatcher(const char* regex) {
   return ContainsRegex(regex);
 }
diff --git a/googletest/include/gtest/internal/gtest-port.h b/googletest/include/gtest/internal/gtest-port.h
index 31654b09..92e6591d 100644
--- a/googletest/include/gtest/internal/gtest-port.h
+++ b/googletest/include/gtest/internal/gtest-port.h
@@ -293,9 +293,10 @@
 #include <limits>
 #include <locale>
 #include <memory>
+// #include <mutex>  // Guarded by GTEST_IS_THREADSAFE below
 #include <ostream>
 #include <string>
-// #include <mutex>  // Guarded by GTEST_IS_THREADSAFE below
+#include <string_view>
 #include <tuple>
 #include <type_traits>
 #include <vector>
@@ -949,21 +950,21 @@ GTEST_API_ bool IsTrue(bool condition);
 #ifdef GTEST_USES_RE2
 
 // This is almost `using RE = ::RE2`, except it is copy-constructible, and it
-// needs to disambiguate the `std::string`, `absl::string_view`, and `const
+// needs to disambiguate the `std::string`, `std::string_view`, and `const
 // char*` constructors.
 class GTEST_API_ [[nodiscard]] RE {
  public:
-  RE(absl::string_view regex) : regex_(regex) {}                  // NOLINT
-  RE(const char* regex) : RE(absl::string_view(regex)) {}         // NOLINT
-  RE(const std::string& regex) : RE(absl::string_view(regex)) {}  // NOLINT
+  RE(std::string_view regex) : regex_(regex) {}                  // NOLINT
+  RE(const char* regex) : RE(std::string_view(regex)) {}         // NOLINT
+  RE(const std::string& regex) : RE(std::string_view(regex)) {}  // NOLINT
   RE(const RE& other) : RE(other.pattern()) {}
 
   const std::string& pattern() const { return regex_.pattern(); }
 
-  static bool FullMatch(absl::string_view str, const RE& re) {
+  static bool FullMatch(std::string_view str, const RE& re) {
     return RE2::FullMatch(str, re.regex_);
   }
-  static bool PartialMatch(absl::string_view str, const RE& re) {
+  static bool PartialMatch(std::string_view str, const RE& re) {
     return RE2::PartialMatch(str, re.regex_);
   }
 
@@ -2396,7 +2397,6 @@ const char* StringFromGTestEnv(const char* flag, const char* default_val);
 #ifdef GTEST_HAS_ABSL
 // Always use absl::string_view for Matcher<> specializations if googletest
 // is built with absl support.
-#define GTEST_INTERNAL_HAS_STRING_VIEW 1
 #include "absl/strings/string_view.h"
 namespace testing {
 namespace internal {
@@ -2404,26 +2404,15 @@ using StringView = ::absl::string_view;
 }  // namespace internal
 }  // namespace testing
 #else
-#if defined(__cpp_lib_string_view) ||             \
-    (GTEST_INTERNAL_HAS_INCLUDE(<string_view>) && \
-     GTEST_INTERNAL_CPLUSPLUS_LANG >= 201703L)
 // Otherwise for C++17 and higher use std::string_view for Matcher<>
 // specializations.
-#define GTEST_INTERNAL_HAS_STRING_VIEW 1
-#include <string_view>
 namespace testing {
 namespace internal {
-using StringView = ::std::string_view;
+using StringView = std::string_view;
 }  // namespace internal
 }  // namespace testing
-// The case where absl is configured NOT to alias std::string_view is not
-// supported.
-#endif  // __cpp_lib_string_view
 #endif  // GTEST_HAS_ABSL
-
-#ifndef GTEST_INTERNAL_HAS_STRING_VIEW
-#define GTEST_INTERNAL_HAS_STRING_VIEW 0
-#endif
+#define GTEST_INTERNAL_HAS_STRING_VIEW 1
 
 #if defined(__cpp_lib_three_way_comparison)
 #define GTEST_INTERNAL_HAS_COMPARE_LIB 1
diff --git a/googletest/src/gtest-matchers.cc b/googletest/src/gtest-matchers.cc
index 7e3bcc0c..626019e2 100644
--- a/googletest/src/gtest-matchers.cc
+++ b/googletest/src/gtest-matchers.cc
@@ -59,7 +59,6 @@ Matcher<std::string>::Matcher(const std::string& s) { *this = Eq(s); }
 // s.
 Matcher<std::string>::Matcher(const char* s) { *this = Eq(std::string(s)); }
 
-#if GTEST_INTERNAL_HAS_STRING_VIEW
 // Constructs a matcher that matches a const StringView& whose value is
 // equal to s.
 Matcher<const internal::StringView&>::Matcher(const std::string& s) {
@@ -93,6 +92,5 @@ Matcher<internal::StringView>::Matcher(const char* s) {
 Matcher<internal::StringView>::Matcher(internal::StringView s) {
   *this = Eq(std::string(s));
 }
-#endif  // GTEST_INTERNAL_HAS_STRING_VIEW
 
 }  // namespace testing
diff --git a/googletest/src/gtest-printers.cc b/googletest/src/gtest-printers.cc
index 6d1de6d9..7c0ecc6a 100644
--- a/googletest/src/gtest-printers.cc
+++ b/googletest/src/gtest-printers.cc
@@ -515,13 +515,13 @@ bool IsValidUTF8(const char* str, size_t length) {
 void ConditionalPrintAsText(const char* str, size_t length, ostream* os) {
   if (!ContainsUnprintableControlCodes(str, length) &&
       IsValidUTF8(str, length)) {
-    *os << "\n    As Text: \"" << ::std::string_view(str, length) << "\"";
+    *os << "\n    As Text: \"" << std::string_view(str, length) << "\"";
   }
 }
 
 }  // anonymous namespace
 
-void PrintStringTo(::std::string_view s, ostream* os) {
+void PrintStringTo(std::string_view s, ostream* os) {
   if (PrintCharsAsStringTo(s.data(), s.size(), os) == kHexEscape) {
     if (GTEST_FLAG_GET(print_utf8)) {
       ConditionalPrintAsText(s.data(), s.size(), os);
diff --git a/googletest/src/gtest.cc b/googletest/src/gtest.cc
index 307ecc6f..3c855468 100644
--- a/googletest/src/gtest.cc
+++ b/googletest/src/gtest.cc
@@ -6930,7 +6930,7 @@ void ParseGoogleTestFlagsOnly(int* argc, char** argv) {
   std::vector<char*> positional_args;
   std::vector<absl::UnrecognizedFlag> unrecognized_flags;
   absl::ParseAbseilFlagsOnly(*argc, argv, positional_args, unrecognized_flags);
-  absl::flat_hash_set<absl::string_view> unrecognized;
+  absl::flat_hash_set<std::string_view> unrecognized;
   for (const auto& flag : unrecognized_flags) {
     unrecognized.insert(flag.flag_name);
   }
diff --git a/googletest/test/googletest-printers-test.cc b/googletest/test/googletest-printers-test.cc
index aa1ddaeb..c051ec70 100644
--- a/googletest/test/googletest-printers-test.cc
+++ b/googletest/test/googletest-printers-test.cc
@@ -940,7 +940,7 @@ TEST(PrintStringTest, StringInStdNamespace) {
 
 TEST(PrintStringTest, StringViewInStdNamespace) {
   const char s[] = "'\"?\\\a\b\f\n\0\r\t\v\x7F\xFF a";
-  const ::std::string_view str(s, sizeof(s));
+  const std::string_view str(s, sizeof(s));
   EXPECT_EQ("\"'\\\"?\\\\\\a\\b\\f\\n\\0\\r\\t\\v\\x7F\\xFF a\\0\"",
             Print(str));
 }
@@ -1091,8 +1091,6 @@ TEST(PrintTypeWithGenericStreamingTest, TypeImplicitlyConvertible) {
   EXPECT_EQ("AllowsGenericStreamingAndImplicitConversionTemplate", Print(a));
 }
 
-#if GTEST_INTERNAL_HAS_STRING_VIEW
-
 // Tests printing internal::StringView.
 
 TEST(PrintStringViewTest, SimpleStringView) {
@@ -1106,8 +1104,6 @@ TEST(PrintStringViewTest, UnprintableCharacters) {
   EXPECT_EQ("\"NUL (\\0) and \\r\\t\"", Print(sp));
 }
 
-#endif  // GTEST_INTERNAL_HAS_STRING_VIEW
-
 // Tests printing STL containers.
 
 TEST(PrintStlContainerTest, EmptyDeque) {
@@ -1940,7 +1936,7 @@ TEST(UniversalPrintTest, StringViewNonZeroTerminated) {
   // `strlen` instead of `str.size()`, it will include 'X' and cause a visible
   // difference (in addition to ASAN tests detecting a buffer overflow due to
   // the missing 0 at the end).
-  const ::std::string_view str(s, 3);
+  const std::string_view str(s, 3);
   ::std::stringstream ss;
   UniversalPrint(str, &ss);
   EXPECT_EQ("\"\\xEF\\xA3\\xA2\"\n    As Text: \"\xEF\xA3\xA2\"", ss.str());