diff --git a/Code/Mantid/PythonAPI/src/PythonWrapper.cpp b/Code/Mantid/PythonAPI/src/PythonWrapper.cpp
index a6039291b47f56e8c160f3d129ae8aa92806bdfb..9cfbb164f2842faead2675ea4db37adce6f1c2e2 100644
--- a/Code/Mantid/PythonAPI/src/PythonWrapper.cpp
+++ b/Code/Mantid/PythonAPI/src/PythonWrapper.cpp
@@ -6,10 +6,6 @@
 #include "MantidPythonAPI/stl_proxies.h"
 #include "MantidPythonAPI/MantidVecHelper.h"
 
-// Required for using the numpy arrayobject across multiple files
-#define PY_ARRAY_UNIQUE_SYMBOL MantidPythonAPI_ARRAY_API
-#include <numpy/arrayobject.h>
-
 namespace Mantid 
 {
 namespace PythonAPI
@@ -34,11 +30,6 @@ BOOST_PYTHON_MODULE(MantidPythonAPI)
 BOOST_PYTHON_MODULE(libMantidPythonAPI)
 #endif
 {
-  //-------------- Module initialization ---------------------
-  // Import numpy array object. Must be done in initialization
-  import_array();
-  //-------------- End of module initialization --------------
-
   using namespace Mantid::PythonAPI;
 
   MantidVecHelper::initializeDependencies();