diff --git a/include/boost/numeric/ublas/vector_expression.hpp b/include/boost/numeric/ublas/vector_expression.hpp
index ff55f74c..1414314b 100644
--- a/include/boost/numeric/ublas/vector_expression.hpp
+++ b/include/boost/numeric/ublas/vector_expression.hpp
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@
 #define VECTOR_EXPRESSION_H
 
 #include <boost/numeric/ublas/exception.hpp>
-#include <boost/numeric/ublas/detail/iterator.hpp>
 #include <boost/numeric/ublas/traits.hpp>
 #include <boost/numeric/ublas/functional.hpp>