diff --git a/dune/solvers/solvers/solver.hh b/dune/solvers/solvers/solver.hh
index 5b3984a423b0b41e8dc756b0b84cff27096d4202..cb8b779c08e3662ef2b92a242e4386f621959c03 100644
--- a/dune/solvers/solvers/solver.hh
+++ b/dune/solvers/solvers/solver.hh
@@ -5,9 +5,6 @@
 
 #include <dune/solvers/common/numproc.hh>
 
-namespace Dune {
-namespace Solvers {
-
 /**  \brief struct to store result related information such as for example number of iterations etc.
   *
   *  \warning The interface and implementation is so far highly experimental and will change without further notice!
@@ -71,11 +68,5 @@ class Solver : public NumProc
         SolverResult result;
 };
 
-} /* namespace Solvers */
-} /* namespace Dune */
-
-// For backward compatibility: will be removed eventually
-using Dune::Solvers::Solver;
-using Dune::Solvers::SolverResult;
 
 #endif