diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 77f2003..2f38906 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -287,7 +287,7 @@ Parallel Hashmap containers follow the thread safety rules of the Standard C++ l
 
 - It is safe to read and write to one instance of a type even if another thread is reading or writing to a different instance of the same type. For example, given hash tables A and B of the same type, it is safe if A is being written in thread 1 and B is being read in thread 2.
 
-- The *parallel* tables can be made internally thread-safe for concurrent read and write access, by providing a synchronization type (for example [std::mutex](https://en.cppreference.com/w/cpp/thread/mutex)) as the last template argument. Because locking is performed at the *submap* level, a high level of concurrency can still be achieved. Read access can be done safely using `if_contains()`, which either copies the value or passes it by reference to a callback while holding the *submap* lock. However, please be aware that returned iterators are not protected by the mutex, so they cannot be used reliably on a hash map which can be changed by another thread.
+- The *parallel* tables can be made internally thread-safe for concurrent read and write access, by providing a synchronization type (for example [std::mutex](https://en.cppreference.com/w/cpp/thread/mutex)) as the last template argument. Because locking is performed at the *submap* level, a high level of concurrency can still be achieved. Read access can be done safely using `if_contains()`, which passes a reference value to the callback while holding the *submap* lock. However, please be aware that returned iterators are not protected by the mutex, so they cannot be used reliably on a hash map which can be changed by another thread.
 
 - Examples on how to use various mutex types, including boost::mutex, boost::shared_mutex and absl::Mutex can be found in `examples/bench.cc`
 
diff --git a/parallel_hashmap/phmap.h b/parallel_hashmap/phmap.h
index 4791996..7c1cd95 100644
--- a/parallel_hashmap/phmap.h
+++ b/parallel_hashmap/phmap.h
@@ -3393,23 +3393,11 @@ public:
         return Policy::value(&*it);
     }
 
-    template <class K = key_type, class V = mapped_type>
-    typename std::enable_if<std::is_assignable<mapped_type&, V>::value 
-        , bool>::type if_contains(const key_arg<K>& key, V& v) const {
-        typename Lockable::SharedLock m;
-        auto it = const_cast<parallel_hash_map *>(this)->find(key, this->hash(key), m);
-        if (it == this->end())
-            return false;
-        v = Policy::value(&*it);
-        return true;
-    }
-
     template <class K = key_type, class F>
-    typename std::enable_if<!std::is_assignable<mapped_type&, F>::value
+    bool if_contains(const key_arg<K>& key, F&& f) const {
 #if __cplusplus >= 201703L
-        && std::is_invocable<F, mapped_type&>::value
+        static_assert(std::is_invocable<F, mapped_type&>::value);
 #endif
-        , bool>::type if_contains(const key_arg<K>& key, F&& f) const {
         typename Lockable::SharedLock m;
         auto it = const_cast<parallel_hash_map*>(this)->find(key, this->hash(key), m);
         if (it == this->end())
diff --git a/tests/parallel_hash_map_test.cc b/tests/parallel_hash_map_test.cc
index 61de5d3..c08b578 100644
--- a/tests/parallel_hash_map_test.cc
+++ b/tests/parallel_hash_map_test.cc
@@ -14,19 +14,12 @@ TEST(THIS_TEST_NAME, ThreadSafeContains) {
     // Test that the nodes have the proper API.
     ThisMap<int, int> m = { {1, 7}, {2, 9} };
     auto val = 0;
-    EXPECT_TRUE(m.if_contains(1, val));
-    EXPECT_EQ(val, 7);
 
-    EXPECT_FALSE(m.if_contains(3, val));
-
-#if __cplusplus > 199711L
     auto func = [&val](int& v) { val = v; };
     EXPECT_TRUE(m.if_contains(2, func));
     EXPECT_EQ(val, 9);
 
     EXPECT_FALSE(m.if_contains(3, func));
-#endif
-
 }
 
 }  // namespace