diff --git a/src/webpimage.cpp b/src/webpimage.cpp
index 3ed3b422..ff595c23 100644
--- a/src/webpimage.cpp
+++ b/src/webpimage.cpp
@@ -69,7 +69,6 @@ namespace {
 // *****************************************************************************
 // class member definitions
 namespace Exiv2 {
-using namespace Exiv2::Internal;
 
 WebPImage::WebPImage(BasicIo::UniquePtr io) : Image(ImageType::webp, mdNone, std::move(io)) {
 }  // WebPImage::WebPImage