diff --git a/Lib/python/pywstrings.swg b/Lib/python/pywstrings.swg
index 37b1f14ca..619bdd555 100644
--- a/Lib/python/pywstrings.swg
+++ b/Lib/python/pywstrings.swg
@@ -3,8 +3,6 @@
  * ------------------------------------------------------------ */
 
 %{
-#include <iostream>
-
 #if PY_VERSION_HEX >= 0x03020000
 # define SWIGPY_UNICODE_ARG(obj) ((PyObject*) (obj))
 #else