diff --git a/porting/npl/linux/src/wqueue.h b/porting/npl/linux/src/wqueue.h
index 1de779e7d..d9a7b6cc4 100644
--- a/porting/npl/linux/src/wqueue.h
+++ b/porting/npl/linux/src/wqueue.h
@@ -25,8 +25,6 @@
 #include <pthread.h>
 #include <list>
 
-using namespace std;
-
 template <typename T> class wqueue
 {
     list<T>              m_queue;