diff --git a/include/boost/graph/adj_list_serialize.hpp b/include/boost/graph/adj_list_serialize.hpp
index ba76f6a4..94f6d759 100644
--- a/include/boost/graph/adj_list_serialize.hpp
+++ b/include/boost/graph/adj_list_serialize.hpp
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 #define ADJ_LIST_SERIALIZE_HPP
 
 #include <boost/graph/adjacency_list.hpp>
-
+#include <boost/pending/property_serialize.hpp>
 #include <boost/config.hpp>
 #include <boost/detail/workaround.hpp>
 
diff --git a/include/boost/pending/property.hpp b/include/boost/pending/property.hpp
index 25cc1cea..f4d2cb91 100644
--- a/include/boost/pending/property.hpp
+++ b/include/boost/pending/property.hpp
@@ -8,14 +8,6 @@
 
 #include <boost/pending/ct_if.hpp>
 
-#if ! BOOST_WORKAROUND (__GNUC__, < 3)
-// Wierd, I get compilation errors if the following include is
-// removed, but it shouldn't be needed. Some kind of strange
-// include dependency in the serialization library.
-#include <boost/archive/text_iarchive.hpp>
-#include <boost/serialization/base_object.hpp>
-#endif
-
 namespace boost {
 
   struct no_property { 
@@ -24,12 +16,8 @@ namespace boost {
     typedef no_property value_type;
     enum { num = 0 };
     typedef void kind;
-
-#if ! BOOST_WORKAROUND (__GNUC__, < 3)
-    template<class Archive>
-    void serialize(Archive & ar, const unsigned int version) { }  
-#endif
   };
+
   template <class Tag, class T, class Base = no_property>
   struct property : public Base {
     typedef Base next_type;
@@ -44,14 +32,6 @@ namespace boost {
     property(const T& v, const Base& b) : Base(b), m_value(v) { }
     // copy constructor and assignment operator will be generated by compiler
 
-#if ! BOOST_WORKAROUND (__GNUC__, < 3)
-    template<class Archive>
-    void serialize(Archive & ar, const unsigned int version) {
-      ar & boost::serialization::base_object<Base>(*this);
-      ar & m_value;
-    }  
-#endif
-
     T m_value;
   };