diff --git a/libsrc/meshing/meshclass.cpp b/libsrc/meshing/meshclass.cpp
index 5aedf38c..d9ab935a 100644
--- a/libsrc/meshing/meshclass.cpp
+++ b/libsrc/meshing/meshclass.cpp
@@ -1,9 +1,6 @@
 #include <mystdlib.h>
 #include "meshing.hpp"
 
-#ifdef PARALLEL
-#include <parallel.hpp>
-#endif
 
 namespace netgen
 {
diff --git a/libsrc/meshing/topology.cpp b/libsrc/meshing/topology.cpp
index 21d29eaf..740cdd62 100644
--- a/libsrc/meshing/topology.cpp
+++ b/libsrc/meshing/topology.cpp
@@ -2,9 +2,6 @@
 
 #include "meshing.hpp"
 
-#ifdef PARALLEL
-#include <parallel.hpp>
-#endif
 
 namespace netgen
 {
diff --git a/libsrc/parallel/parallelmesh.cpp b/libsrc/parallel/parallelmesh.cpp
index bf559ef1..8591fc3b 100644
--- a/libsrc/parallel/parallelmesh.cpp
+++ b/libsrc/parallel/parallelmesh.cpp
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 #ifdef PARALLEL
 
 #include <meshing.hpp>
-#include "parallel.hpp"
 #include "paralleltop.hpp"
 
 
diff --git a/libsrc/parallel/paralleltop.cpp b/libsrc/parallel/paralleltop.cpp
index ff8b12f5..4cd36b70 100644
--- a/libsrc/parallel/paralleltop.cpp
+++ b/libsrc/parallel/paralleltop.cpp
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
 
 
 #include <meshing.hpp>
-#include "parallel.hpp"
 #include "paralleltop.hpp"