diff --git a/include/boost/geometry/algorithms/remove_spikes.hpp b/include/boost/geometry/algorithms/remove_spikes.hpp
index 62845135f..8e1671824 100644
--- a/include/boost/geometry/algorithms/remove_spikes.hpp
+++ b/include/boost/geometry/algorithms/remove_spikes.hpp
@@ -75,8 +75,6 @@ struct range_remove_spikes
             return;
         }
 
-        typedef typename boost::range_iterator<Range>::type iterator;
-
         std::deque<point_type> cleaned;
         for (typename boost::range_iterator<Range const>::type it = boost::begin(range);
             it != boost::end(range); ++it)