diff --git a/dumux/common/properties/model.hh b/dumux/common/properties/model.hh
index 66ad84faf17385cbe0d6d16f310e2604027b789b..bbccf7c63c1b0d6ea34f149bdd15dfbe752c810e 100644
--- a/dumux/common/properties/model.hh
+++ b/dumux/common/properties/model.hh
@@ -31,9 +31,10 @@
 #include <dumux/common/balanceequationopts.hh>
 #include <dumux/common/properties.hh>
 
-#include <dumux/common/parameters.hh>
 #include <dumux/io/defaultvtkoutputfields.hh>
 
+//! Forward declare
+namespace Dune { class ParameterTree; }
 
 namespace Dumux
 {