diff --git a/include/yaml-cpp/node/detail/iterator_fwd.h b/include/yaml-cpp/node/detail/iterator_fwd.h
index c54a258..5f1ffe7 100644
--- a/include/yaml-cpp/node/detail/iterator_fwd.h
+++ b/include/yaml-cpp/node/detail/iterator_fwd.h
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@
 #include <vector>
 
 namespace YAML {
-class node;
 
 namespace detail {
 struct iterator_value;