diff --git a/src/TextClass.cpp b/src/TextClass.cpp
index 0cf0372b79..ce66cf8560 100644
--- a/src/TextClass.cpp
+++ b/src/TextClass.cpp
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ bool layout2layout(FileName const & filename, FileName const & tempfile)
 }
 
 
-std::string translateRT(TextClass::ReadType rt) 
+string translateRT(TextClass::ReadType rt) 
 {
 	switch (rt) {
 	case TextClass::BASECLASS: