diff --git a/taglib/toolkit/tiostream.cpp b/taglib/toolkit/tiostream.cpp
index 73d17ac5..530a9693 100644
--- a/taglib/toolkit/tiostream.cpp
+++ b/taglib/toolkit/tiostream.cpp
@@ -56,10 +56,10 @@ public:
   FileNamePrivate() :
     data(new std::wstring()) {}
 
-  explicit FileNamePrivate(const wchar_t *name) :
+  FileNamePrivate(const wchar_t *name) :
     data(new std::wstring(name)) {}
 
-  explicit FileNamePrivate(const char *name) :
+  FileNamePrivate(const char *name) :
     data(new std::wstring(ansiToUnicode(name))) {}
 
   SHARED_PTR<std::wstring> data;
diff --git a/taglib/toolkit/tiostream.h b/taglib/toolkit/tiostream.h
index 2e4880e8..aadcd3fb 100644
--- a/taglib/toolkit/tiostream.h
+++ b/taglib/toolkit/tiostream.h
@@ -37,8 +37,8 @@ namespace TagLib {
   class TAGLIB_EXPORT FileName
   {
   public:
-    explicit FileName(const wchar_t *name);
-    explicit FileName(const char *name);
+    FileName(const wchar_t *name);
+    FileName(const char *name);
     FileName(const FileName &name);
 
     ~FileName();