diff --git a/include/zenoh-pico/collections/pointer.h b/include/zenoh-pico/collections/pointer.h
index 8105be5be..0c9438340 100644
--- a/include/zenoh-pico/collections/pointer.h
+++ b/include/zenoh-pico/collections/pointer.h
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@
 #else
 #include <atomic>
 #define z_atomic(X) std::atomic<X>
-using namespace std;
 #endif
 
 /*------------------ Internal Array Macros ------------------*/