diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index bd9ca03b..6da54029 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -115,6 +115,15 @@ endif()
 if(NOT CMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS OR NOT DEFINED CMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS)
   set(CMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS "$ENV{LDFLAGS}")
 endif()
+
+# Detect libc++ linker mismatch (e.g. Homebrew LLVM headers vs system libc++)
+include(CheckCXXFeatures)
+if (CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR STREQUAL CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR)
+  vgkit_check_libcxx_linker_mismatch(MODIFY_GLOBAL_FLAGS)
+else()
+  vgkit_check_libcxx_linker_mismatch()
+endif()
+
 if (NOT CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER)
   message(FATAL_ERROR "C++ compiler not found")
 endif()
@@ -122,15 +131,15 @@ endif()
 set(CMAKE_SKIP_RPATH FALSE)
 
 ##########################
-# We use C++17 features
+# We use C++20 features
 ##########################
 # but insist on strict standard
-set(CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD 17 CACHE STRING "C++ ISO Standard version")
-if (NOT(CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD EQUAL 17 OR CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD EQUAL 20))
-  message(FATAL_ERROR "C++ 2017 ISO Standard or higher is required to compile BTAS")
+set(CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD 20 CACHE STRING "C++ ISO Standard version")
+if (CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD LESS 20)
+  message(FATAL_ERROR "C++ 2020 ISO Standard or higher is required to compile BTAS")
 endif()
 # C++20 is only configurable via compile features with cmake 3.12 and older
-if (CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD EQUAL 20 AND CMAKE_VERSION VERSION_LESS 3.12.0)
+if (CMAKE_VERSION VERSION_LESS 3.12.0)
   cmake_minimum_required (VERSION 3.12.0)
 endif()
 set(CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD_REQUIRED ON)
@@ -145,7 +154,7 @@ check_type_size("long long" BTAS_HAS_LONG_LONG)
 # create exportable BTAS library target
 #######################################
 add_library(BTAS INTERFACE)
-target_compile_features(BTAS INTERFACE "cxx_std_17")
+target_compile_features(BTAS INTERFACE "cxx_std_20")
 target_include_directories(BTAS INTERFACE $<BUILD_INTERFACE:${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}>
     $<INSTALL_INTERFACE:${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}/${BTAS_INSTALL_INCLUDEDIR}>)
 install(TARGETS BTAS EXPORT btas COMPONENT BTAS)
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index e424fab1..d4a92252 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ Basic Tensor Algebra Subroutines (BTAS) is a C++ library for tensor algebra. BTA
 Prerequisites
 =============
 
-* C++17 compiler
+* C++20 compiler
 * CMake
 * Boost C++ libraries
   - (required) Container, Iterator, Random
diff --git a/btas/array_adaptor.h b/btas/array_adaptor.h
index fb314e0d..bd48d70f 100644
--- a/btas/array_adaptor.h
+++ b/btas/array_adaptor.h
@@ -156,119 +156,6 @@ namespace btas {
 
 }
 
-namespace std {
-
-#if __cplusplus < 201402L // add C++14 components to make transition to C++14 easier
-  template <typename T, size_t N>
-  const T* cbegin(const T(&x)[N]) {
-    return &x[0];
-  }
-  template <typename T, size_t N>
-  const T* cend(const T(&x)[N]) {
-    return &x[N];
-  }
-  template <typename T, size_t N>
-  const T* rbegin(T(&x)[N]) {
-    return &x[N-1];
-  }
-  template <typename T, size_t N>
-  const T* rend(T(&x)[N]) {
-    return &x[0] - 1;
-  }
-
-  template <typename T>
-  const T* cbegin(const T* x) {
-    return x;
-  }
-  template <typename T>
-  const T* cbegin(T* x) {
-    return x;
-  }
-  template <typename T>
-  T* begin(T* x) {
-    return x;
-  }
-
-  template <typename C>
-  constexpr auto cbegin(const C& x) -> decltype(std::begin(x)) {
-    return std::begin(x);
-  }
-  template <typename C>
-  constexpr auto cend(const C& x) -> decltype(std::end(x)) {
-    return std::end(x);
-  }
-  template <typename C>
-  auto rbegin(C& x) -> decltype(x.rbegin()) {
-    return x.rbegin();
-  }
-  template <typename C>
-  auto rend(C& x) -> decltype(x.rend()) {
-    return x.rend();
-  }
-#endif
-
-#if __cplusplus <= 201402L // add useful bits to make transition to C++17 easier
-  template <class C, typename std::enable_if<std::is_pointer<decltype(std::declval<C>().data())>::value>::type* = nullptr>
-  constexpr auto data(C& c) -> decltype(c.data()) {
-      return c.data();
-  }
-  template <class C, typename std::enable_if<std::is_pointer<decltype(std::declval<C>().data())>::value>::type* = nullptr>
-  constexpr auto data(const C& c) -> decltype(c.data()) {
-      return c.data();
-  }
-  template <class T, std::size_t N>
-  constexpr T* data(T (&array)[N]) noexcept
-  {
-      return array;
-  }
-  template <class E>
-  constexpr const E* data(const std::initializer_list<E>& il) noexcept
-  {
-      return il.begin();
-  }
-
-  template <class C, typename std::enable_if<std::is_integral<decltype(std::declval<C>().size())>::value>::type* = nullptr>
-  constexpr auto size(const C& c) -> decltype(c.size())
-  {
-    return c.size();
-  }
-  template <class T, std::size_t N>
-  constexpr std::size_t size(const T (&array)[N]) noexcept
-  {
-    return N;
-  }
-#endif
-
-  template <typename T>
-  struct make_unsigned<std::vector<T> > {
-      typedef std::vector<typename make_unsigned<T>::type > type;
-  };
-  template <typename T>
-  struct make_unsigned<std::initializer_list<T> > {
-      typedef std::initializer_list<typename make_unsigned<T>::type > type;
-  };
-  template <typename T, size_t N>
-  struct make_unsigned<std::array<T, N> > {
-      typedef std::array<typename make_unsigned<T>::type, N> type;
-  };
-  template <typename T>
-  struct make_unsigned<btas::varray<T> > {
-      typedef btas::varray<typename make_unsigned<T>::type > type;
-  };
-#ifdef BTAS_HAS_BOOST_CONTAINER
-  template <typename T, size_t N>
-  struct make_unsigned<boost::container::small_vector<T,N> > {
-      typedef boost::container::small_vector<typename make_unsigned<T>::type,N> type;
-  };
-#endif
-  template <typename T, size_t N>
-  struct make_unsigned<T[N]> {
-      typedef typename make_unsigned<T>::type uT;
-      typedef uT (type)[N];
-  };
-
-}
-
 namespace btas {
   template <typename Array, typename T>
   struct replace_value_type;
diff --git a/btas/ordinal.h b/btas/ordinal.h
index 87773806..f7e84a5b 100644
--- a/btas/ordinal.h
+++ b/btas/ordinal.h
@@ -106,17 +106,11 @@ namespace btas {
         return stride_;
       }
 
-      // no easy way without C++14 to invoke data(stride) in ADL-capable way
-#if __cplusplus < 201402L
-      auto stride_data() const -> decltype(std::data(this->stride())) {
-        return std::data(stride_);
-      }
-#else
       auto stride_data() const {
         using std::data;
         return data(stride_);
       }
-#endif
+
       value_type offset() const {
         return offset_;
       }
diff --git a/btas/range.h b/btas/range.h
index 44bd402e..30e11010 100644
--- a/btas/range.h
+++ b/btas/range.h
@@ -299,7 +299,7 @@ namespace btas {
 
       const static blas::Layout order = range_traits<_Derived>::order;
       typedef typename range_traits<_Derived>::index_type index_type; ///< index type
-      typedef typename std::make_unsigned<index_type>::type extent_type;    ///< Range extent type
+      typedef typename replace_value_type<index_type, std::make_unsigned_t<typename index_type::value_type>>::type extent_type;    ///< Range extent type
       typedef std::size_t size_type; ///< Size type
 
       typedef typename index_type::value_type index_element_type;
diff --git a/btas/tensor.h b/btas/tensor.h
index 85eb50e8..3195f2fe 100644
--- a/btas/tensor.h
+++ b/btas/tensor.h
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 #include <algorithm>
 #include <cassert>
 #include <functional>
+#include <iterator>
 #include <type_traits>
 #include <vector>
 
@@ -133,19 +134,21 @@ namespace btas {
     }
 
     /// construct from \c range object, copy elements from \c vec
-    template <typename Range, typename U>
-    Tensor(const Range& range, U* vec, typename std::enable_if<btas::is_boxrange<Range>::value>::type* = 0)
+    template <typename Range, std::input_or_output_iterator U>
+    Tensor(const Range& range, U input_it, typename std::enable_if<btas::is_boxrange<Range>::value>::type* = 0)
         : range_(range.lobound(), range.upbound()) {
       const auto size = range_.area();
       array_adaptor<storage_type>::resize(storage_, size);
-      std::copy(vec, vec + size, begin());
+      for (auto output_it = begin(); output_it != end(); ++output_it, ++input_it) {
+        *output_it = *input_it;
+      }
     }
 
     /// construct from \c range and \c storage
     template <typename Range, typename Storage>
     Tensor(const Range& range, const Storage& storage,
            typename std::enable_if<btas::is_boxrange<Range>::value & not std::is_same<Range, range_type>::value &
-                                   not std::is_same<Storage, storage_type>::value>::type* = 0)
+                                   btas::is_storage<Storage>::value & not std::is_same<Storage, storage_type>::value>::type* = 0)
         : range_(range.lobound(), range.upbound()), storage_(storage) {
       using std::size;
       if (size(storage_) != range_.area()) array_adaptor<storage_type>::resize(storage_, range_.area());
diff --git a/btas/type_traits.h b/btas/type_traits.h
index 1d859a4b..59f22df5 100644
--- a/btas/type_traits.h
+++ b/btas/type_traits.h
@@ -4,27 +4,6 @@
 #include <type_traits>
 #include <complex>
 
-// C++20 extensions
-#if __cplusplus <= 201703L
-namespace std {
-  template< class T >
-  struct remove_cvref {
-      typedef std::remove_cv_t<std::remove_reference_t<T>> type;
-  };
-
-  template< class T>
-  using remove_cvref_t = typename remove_cvref<T>::type;
-
-  template< class T >
-  struct type_identity {
-    using type = T;
-  };
-
-  template< class T >
-  using type_identity_t = typename type_identity<T>::type;
-}
-#endif
-
 namespace btas {
 
   template <typename... Ts>
diff --git a/btas/util/deprecated.h b/btas/util/deprecated.h
deleted file mode 100644
index 19fab925..00000000
--- a/btas/util/deprecated.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,33 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * deprecated.h
- *
- *  Created on: Jul 9, 2017
- *      Author: evaleev
- */
-
-#ifndef BTAS_UTIL_DEPRECATED_H_
-#define BTAS_UTIL_DEPRECATED_H_
-
-// mark functions as deprecated using this macro
-// will result in a warning
-#if __cplusplus >= 201402L
-#define DEPRECATED  [[deprecated]]
-#elif defined(__GNUC__)
-#define DEPRECATED __attribute__((deprecated))
-#else
-#pragma message("WARNING: You need to implement DEPRECATED for this compiler")
-#define DEPRECATED
-#endif
-
-// same as DEPRECATED, but annotated with a message
-// will result in a warning
-#if __cplusplus >= 201402L
-#define DEPRECATEDMSG(msg)  [[deprecated(msg)]]
-#elif defined(__GNUC__)
-#define DEPRECATEDMSG(msg) __attribute__((deprecated(msg)))
-#else
-#pragma message("WARNING: You need to implement DEPRECATEDMSG for this compiler")
-#define DEPRECATEDMSG(msg)
-#endif
-
-#endif /* BTAS_UTIL_DEPRECATED_H_ */
diff --git a/external/versions.cmake b/external/versions.cmake
index f3ca49e2..99309658 100644
--- a/external/versions.cmake
+++ b/external/versions.cmake
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-set(BTAS_TRACKED_VGCMAKEKIT_TAG d5c0a6f9ff6dc97cbb5132912733e1eb1cf73f1e)
+set(BTAS_TRACKED_VGCMAKEKIT_TAG 256d9462bb765787f5acb69be154b26d6efba8b6)
 
 # oldest Boost we can tolerate ... likely can use an earlier version, but:
 # - as of oct 2023 tested with 1.71 and up only