diff --git a/src/node_v8.cc b/src/node_v8.cc
index 00bfaf796b13c2..a59c2170dae068 100644
--- a/src/node_v8.cc
+++ b/src/node_v8.cc
@@ -28,7 +28,6 @@ namespace node {
 
 using v8::Array;
 using v8::ArrayBuffer;
-using v8::BackingStore;
 using v8::Context;
 using v8::FunctionCallbackInfo;
 using v8::HeapCodeStatistics;