diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 7562a79..cc69a60 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2018-12-03  Ben Elliston  <bje@gnu.org>
+
+	* dejagnu.h (TestState): Remove const char * variants of pass(),
+	xpass(), fail(), xfail(), untested(), unresolved() for C++. A
+	const char * will be implicitly converted to std::string.
+
 2018-12-03  Ben Elliston  <bje@gnu.org>
 
 	* doc/dejagnu.texi: Move 'Built-in Procedures' node up a level,
diff --git a/dejagnu.h b/dejagnu.h
index c8e2c8f..bd0dcc3 100644
--- a/dejagnu.h
+++ b/dejagnu.h
@@ -211,12 +211,6 @@ class TestState {
 	std::cout << "\t" << outstate[PASSED] << s << std::endl;
       }
 
-    void pass (const char *c)
-      {
-	std::string s = c;
-	pass (s);
-      }
-
     void xpass (std::string s)
       {
 	xpassed++;
@@ -225,12 +219,6 @@ class TestState {
 	std::cout << "\t" << outstate[XPASSED] << s << std::endl;
       }
 
-    void xpass (const char *c)
-      {
-	std::string s = c;
-	xpass (s);
-      }
-
     void fail (std::string s)
       {
 	failed++;
@@ -239,12 +227,6 @@ class TestState {
 	std::cout << "\t" << outstate[FAILED] << s << std::endl;
       }
 
-    void fail (const char *c)
-      {
-	std::string s = c;
-	fail (s);
-      }
-
     void xfail (std::string s)
       {
 	xfailed++;
@@ -253,12 +235,6 @@ class TestState {
 	std::cout << "\t" << outstate[XFAILED] << s << std::endl;
       }
 
-    void xfail (const char *c)
-      {
-	std::string s = c;
-	xfail (s);
-      }
-
     void untested (std::string s)
       {
 	untest++;
@@ -267,12 +243,6 @@ class TestState {
 	std::cout << "\t" << outstate[UNTESTED] << s << std::endl;
       }
 
-    void untested (const char *c)
-      {
-	std::string s = c;
-	untested (s);
-      }
-
     void unresolved (std::string s)
       {
 	unresolve++;
@@ -281,12 +251,6 @@ class TestState {
 	std::cout << "\t" << outstate[UNRESOLVED] << s << std::endl;
       }
 
-    void unresolved (const char *c)
-      {
-	std::string s = c;
-	unresolved (s);
-      }
-
     void totals (void)
       {
 	std::cout << "\t#passed:\t\t" << passed << std::endl;