diff --git a/include/openPMD/backend/Attributable.hpp b/include/openPMD/backend/Attributable.hpp
index 1198dc9496..ded6aabd37 100644
--- a/include/openPMD/backend/Attributable.hpp
+++ b/include/openPMD/backend/Attributable.hpp
@@ -380,8 +380,6 @@ class Attributable
     virtual void linkHierarchy(Writable& w);
 }; // Attributable
 
-using LegacyAttributable = Attributable;
-
 //TODO explicitly instantiate Attributable::setAttribute for all T in Datatype
 template< typename T >
 inline bool