diff --git a/src/finiteArea/faMesh/faMeshTools/faMeshTools.H b/src/finiteArea/faMesh/faMeshTools/faMeshTools.H
index f5f6ec5abd..9b3677b4df 100644
--- a/src/finiteArea/faMesh/faMeshTools/faMeshTools.H
+++ b/src/finiteArea/faMesh/faMeshTools/faMeshTools.H
@@ -51,7 +51,6 @@ namespace Foam
 
 // Forward Declarations
 class mapDistributePolyMesh;
-class writeHandler;
 class polyMesh;
 class IOobject;
 
diff --git a/src/finiteVolume/fvMesh/fvMeshTools/fvMeshTools.H b/src/finiteVolume/fvMesh/fvMeshTools/fvMeshTools.H
index b5f2252501..bee45fc4ec 100644
--- a/src/finiteVolume/fvMesh/fvMeshTools/fvMeshTools.H
+++ b/src/finiteVolume/fvMesh/fvMeshTools/fvMeshTools.H
@@ -49,7 +49,6 @@ namespace Foam
 
 // Forward Declarations
 class mapDistributePolyMesh;
-class writeHandler;
 
 /*---------------------------------------------------------------------------*\
                          Class fvMeshTools Declaration