https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=107525
--- Comment #3 from Jonathan Wakely <redi at gcc dot gnu.org> --- And the spec seems wrong as well. The const overload should be constrained for const T being convertible to const element_type*. This should probably not compile: #include <experimental/propagate_const> struct X { int& operator*() { return *i; } const int& operator*() const { return *i; } int* get() { return i; } const int* get() const { return i; } int* i = nullptr; operator int*() { return i; } operator const int*() const = delete; }; int main() { using std::experimental::propagate_const; X x; const propagate_const<X> px(x); static_assert(!std::is_convertible_v<const X, const int*>); static_assert(std::is_convertible_v<const propagate_const<X>, const int*>); const int* pi = px; }