diff --git a/dumux/common/splinecommon_.hh b/dumux/common/splinecommon_.hh
index 7115a64d67839235dc9da8bd914c2af0e15d80b6..43aded28a8b9eb94507a1d87cc2e24422312b7c6 100644
--- a/dumux/common/splinecommon_.hh
+++ b/dumux/common/splinecommon_.hh
@@ -35,12 +35,6 @@
 #include "valgrind.hh"
 #include "math.hh"
 
-#if __GNUC__ <= 4 &&  __GNUC_MINOR__ < 5
-namespace std {
-using tr1::get;
-}
-#endif
-
 namespace Dumux
 {
 /*!