diff --git a/src/Mod/Mesh/App/Core/IO/Reader3MF.cpp b/src/Mod/Mesh/App/Core/IO/Reader3MF.cpp
index 4c2436649c..9616c28bfe 100644
--- a/src/Mod/Mesh/App/Core/IO/Reader3MF.cpp
+++ b/src/Mod/Mesh/App/Core/IO/Reader3MF.cpp
@@ -33,9 +33,6 @@
 # include <xercesc/dom/DOM.hpp>
 # include <xercesc/dom/DOMImplementation.hpp>
 # include <xercesc/dom/DOMImplementationLS.hpp>
-# if (XERCES_VERSION_MAJOR == 2)
-# include <xercesc/dom/DOMWriter.hpp>
-# endif
 # include <xercesc/framework/StdOutFormatTarget.hpp>
 # include <xercesc/framework/LocalFileFormatTarget.hpp>
 # include <xercesc/framework/LocalFileInputSource.hpp>
diff --git a/src/Mod/Mesh/App/PreCompiled.h b/src/Mod/Mesh/App/PreCompiled.h
index be8eeadcf3..885881c338 100644
--- a/src/Mod/Mesh/App/PreCompiled.h
+++ b/src/Mod/Mesh/App/PreCompiled.h
@@ -76,9 +76,6 @@
 #include <xercesc/dom/DOM.hpp>
 #include <xercesc/dom/DOMImplementation.hpp>
 #include <xercesc/dom/DOMImplementationLS.hpp>
-#if (XERCES_VERSION_MAJOR == 2)
-#include <xercesc/dom/DOMWriter.hpp>
-#endif
 #include <xercesc/framework/StdOutFormatTarget.hpp>
 #include <xercesc/framework/LocalFileFormatTarget.hpp>
 #include <xercesc/framework/LocalFileInputSource.hpp>