diff --git a/src/mlpack/core/data/serialization_template_version.hpp b/src/mlpack/core/data/serialization_template_version.hpp
index 8cf67dc121..6b617a8e1d 100644
--- a/src/mlpack/core/data/serialization_template_version.hpp
+++ b/src/mlpack/core/data/serialization_template_version.hpp
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@
 #define BOOST_TEMPLATE_CLASS_VERSION(SIGNATURE, T, N) \
 namespace boost { \
 namespace serialization { \
-template<> \
 SIGNATURE \
 struct version<mlpack::data::SecondShim<T>> \
 { \