diff --git a/internal/c/common.h b/internal/c/common.h
index 38fcf6f8d..aa46548f9 100644
--- a/internal/c/common.h
+++ b/internal/c/common.h
@@ -100,7 +100,6 @@
         #endif
     #endif
     
-    using namespace std;
     
     //QB64 string descriptor structure
     struct qbs_field{
diff --git a/internal/c/libqb.h b/internal/c/libqb.h
index a9cd39f1f..30bd85362 100644
--- a/internal/c/libqb.h
+++ b/internal/c/libqb.h
@@ -68,4 +68,6 @@
     
     extern qbs *qbs_lcase(qbs *str);
     extern qbs *qbs_ucase(qbs *str);
+
+    using namespace std;
 #endif