diff --git a/Lib/java/std_list.i b/Lib/java/std_list.i
index 35f0ecac8..0dde17371 100644
--- a/Lib/java/std_list.i
+++ b/Lib/java/std_list.i
@@ -20,8 +20,7 @@
 namespace std {
   template <typename T> class list {
   public:
-    // This typedef is a weird hack to make stuff work
-    typedef std::list<T>::iterator iterator;
+    struct iterator;
     typedef size_t size_type;
     typedef T value_type;
     typedef T& reference;