diff --git a/src/glog/logging.h.in b/src/glog/logging.h.in
index 1e552fc1a..8901b9cdc 100644
--- a/src/glog/logging.h.in
+++ b/src/glog/logging.h.in
@@ -1128,7 +1128,7 @@ class GOOGLE_GLOG_DLL_DECL LogStreamBuf : public std::streambuf {
   }
 
   // This effectively ignores overflow.
-  virtual int_type overflow(int_type ch) {
+  int_type overflow(int_type ch) {
     return ch;
   }
 
diff --git a/src/windows/glog/logging.h b/src/windows/glog/logging.h
index e111bf07c..f42d936f6 100755
--- a/src/windows/glog/logging.h
+++ b/src/windows/glog/logging.h
@@ -1129,7 +1129,7 @@ class GOOGLE_GLOG_DLL_DECL LogStreamBuf : public std::streambuf {
   }
 
   // This effectively ignores overflow.
-  virtual int_type overflow(int_type ch) {
+  int_type overflow(int_type ch) {
     return ch;
   }