diff --git a/modules/c++/xml.lite/include/xml/lite/Attributes.h b/modules/c++/xml.lite/include/xml/lite/Attributes.h
index 69fdd071e..6fc7cc0ec 100644
--- a/modules/c++/xml.lite/include/xml/lite/Attributes.h
+++ b/modules/c++/xml.lite/include/xml/lite/Attributes.h
@@ -380,6 +380,9 @@ class Attributes
     Attributes_T mAttributes;
 };
 
+#ifndef SWIG
+// The (old) version of SWIG we're using doesn't like certain C++11 features.
+
 /*!
  * Look up an attribute's value by an arbitrary key.
  * \param key  The key for the attribute we want
@@ -581,6 +584,7 @@ inline bool setValue(Attributes& attributes, const std::string & uri, const std:
 {
     return setValue(attributes, uri, localName, value, details::toString<T>);
 }
+#endif // SWIG
 
 }
 }
diff --git a/modules/c++/xml.lite/include/xml/lite/Element.h b/modules/c++/xml.lite/include/xml/lite/Element.h
index 956ecf9d0..722ee5d9d 100644
--- a/modules/c++/xml.lite/include/xml/lite/Element.h
+++ b/modules/c++/xml.lite/include/xml/lite/Element.h
@@ -471,6 +471,9 @@ class Element
                 const std::string& formatter) const;
 };
 
+#ifndef SWIG
+// The (old) version of SWIG we're using doesn't like certain C++11 features.
+
 /*!
  *  Returns the character data of this element converted to the specified type.
  *  \param value the charater data as T
@@ -526,6 +529,7 @@ inline void setValue(Element& element, const T& value)
 {
     setValue(element, value, details::toString<T>);
 }
+#endif // SWIG
 
 }
 }