diff --git a/libtoki/parser/loose_ini_paser.h b/libtoki/parser/loose_ini_paser.h
index 405b5b78a9c00713234d51b9f27886c46a76a0fb..03981f0217883326ebe4e0c72bf6e61dfe2d74d1 100644
--- a/libtoki/parser/loose_ini_paser.h
+++ b/libtoki/parser/loose_ini_paser.h
@@ -190,7 +190,6 @@ namespace loose_ini_parser
         using detail::check_dupes;
 
         typedef typename Ptree::key_type::value_type Ch;
-        typedef std::basic_string<Ch> Str;
 
         BOOST_ASSERT(validate_flags(flags));
         (void)flags;