diff --git a/alib2common/src/registration/AlgoRegistration.hpp b/alib2common/src/registration/AlgoRegistration.hpp
index 1270b95a2619bbbd23ffe5af10a72c97af26585a..cf96dd0d6e69886c927700598aeac0ce3f16dec4 100644
--- a/alib2common/src/registration/AlgoRegistration.hpp
+++ b/alib2common/src/registration/AlgoRegistration.hpp
@@ -8,17 +8,6 @@
 
 #include <registration/NormalizationRegistration.hpp>
 
-namespace ext {
-
-template < class, class Other >
-class type_rewrite {
-public:
-	typedef Other type;
-
-};
-
-} /* namespace ext */
-
 namespace registration {
 
 template < class Algorithm, class RealReturnType, class ... RealParameterTypeBases >