diff --git a/arangod/VocBase/Traverser.h b/arangod/VocBase/Traverser.h
index 92e6bd8ef8..315e6d3ed6 100644
--- a/arangod/VocBase/Traverser.h
+++ b/arangod/VocBase/Traverser.h
@@ -32,7 +32,6 @@
 #include "VocBase/voc-types.h"
 
 namespace arangodb {
-class TransactionContext;
 
 namespace velocypack {
 class Builder;