diff --git a/Code/Mantid/Framework/MDDataObjects/inc/MDDataObjects/IMD_FileFormat.h b/Code/Mantid/Framework/MDDataObjects/inc/MDDataObjects/IMD_FileFormat.h
index 530a0c6ef89889a8ec75aac9553d46b7debe9318..b6b9f02bd12192783f8fca386e222dff2f42fb22 100644
--- a/Code/Mantid/Framework/MDDataObjects/inc/MDDataObjects/IMD_FileFormat.h
+++ b/Code/Mantid/Framework/MDDataObjects/inc/MDDataObjects/IMD_FileFormat.h
@@ -41,7 +41,6 @@ class MDImage;
 class MDPointDescription;
 class MDDataPoints;
 //
-class Mantid::Kernel::Logger;
 
 /** class describes the interface to file operations, which are supported by generic MD dataset
 */
@@ -93,4 +92,4 @@ protected:
 
 } // MDDataObjects
 } // Mantid;
-#endif
\ No newline at end of file
+#endif