diff --git a/example/error_handling_example.cpp b/example/error_handling_example.cpp
index 4691e06da..7a1ee2554 100644
--- a/example/error_handling_example.cpp
+++ b/example/error_handling_example.cpp
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ We'll begin our sample program with the needed includes:
    using std::endl;
 
 #include <stdexcept>
-   using std::exception;
+   // using std::exception;
 
 #include <cstddef>
    // using ::errno