diff --git a/source/adios2/toolkit/format/bp1/BP1Base.cpp b/source/adios2/toolkit/format/bp1/BP1Base.cpp
index 1ee2bc19ff24279c04a0d38bc257604018b56f52..43e07d587ef55ede026c6ee753d70601fe3c9cf0 100644
--- a/source/adios2/toolkit/format/bp1/BP1Base.cpp
+++ b/source/adios2/toolkit/format/bp1/BP1Base.cpp
@@ -11,8 +11,6 @@
 #include "BP1Base.h"
 #include "BP1Base.tcc"
 
-#include <iostream>
-
 #include "adios2/ADIOSTypes.h"            //PathSeparator
 #include "adios2/helper/adiosFunctions.h" //CreateDirectory, StringToTimeUnit