diff --git a/include/boost/python/type_id.hpp b/include/boost/python/type_id.hpp
index f22e5b9b..38b7f7b4 100644
--- a/include/boost/python/type_id.hpp
+++ b/include/boost/python/type_id.hpp
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@
 # include <boost/static_assert.hpp>
 # include <boost/detail/workaround.hpp>
 # include <boost/type_traits/same_traits.hpp>
-# include <boost/type_traits/broken_compiler_spec.hpp>
 
 #  ifndef BOOST_PYTHON_HAVE_GCC_CP_DEMANGLE
 #   if defined(__GNUC__)                                                \
diff --git a/test/const_argument.cpp b/test/const_argument.cpp
index 6c5a8945..0c5c5549 100644
--- a/test/const_argument.cpp
+++ b/test/const_argument.cpp
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@
 #include <boost/type_traits/broken_compiler_spec.hpp>
 using namespace boost::python;
 
-BOOST_TT_BROKEN_COMPILER_SPEC( object )
 
 #if BOOST_WORKAROUND(BOOST_MSVC, == 1200)
 bool accept_const_arg( object );