diff --git a/src/scraplang/apply.cpp b/src/scraplang/apply.cpp
index dbfe159..fe9ad54 100644
--- a/src/scraplang/apply.cpp
+++ b/src/scraplang/apply.cpp
@@ -31,9 +31,6 @@
 #include <string_view>
 #include <list>
 
-namespace std {
-} //namespace std
-
 namespace duck { namespace sl {
 #if defined(APPLY_VERBOSE)
 #endif