diff --git a/src/mlpack/core/data/has_serialize.hpp b/src/mlpack/core/data/has_serialize.hpp
index f1c83c04a0..e8a705c823 100644
--- a/src/mlpack/core/data/has_serialize.hpp
+++ b/src/mlpack/core/data/has_serialize.hpp
@@ -14,9 +14,6 @@
 #define MLPACK_CORE_UTIL_HAS_SERIALIZE_HPP
 
 #include <mlpack/core/util/sfinae_utility.hpp>
-#include <boost/serialization/serialization.hpp>
-#include <boost/archive/xml_oarchive.hpp>
-
 #include <cereal/archives/xml.hpp>
 #include <cereal/cereal.hpp>