diff --git a/std/encoding.d b/std/encoding.d
index 5b56ff552..cb5c0e685 100644
--- a/std/encoding.d
+++ b/std/encoding.d
@@ -820,9 +820,9 @@ template EncoderInstance(CharType : Windows1252Char)
 
     immutable wstring charMap =
         "\u20AC\uFFFD\u201A\u0192\u201E\u2026\u2020\u2021"
-        ~ "\u02C6\u2030\u0160\u2039\u0152\uFFFD\u017D\uFFFD"
-        ~ "\uFFFD\u2018\u2019\u201C\u201D\u2022\u2103\u2014"
-        ~ "\u02DC\u2122\u0161\u203A\u0153\uFFFD\u017E\u0178"
+        "\u02C6\u2030\u0160\u2039\u0152\uFFFD\u017D\uFFFD"
+        "\uFFFD\u2018\u2019\u201C\u201D\u2022\u2103\u2014"
+        "\u02DC\u2122\u0161\u203A\u0153\uFFFD\u017E\u0178"
     ;
 
     bool canEncode(dchar c)