diff --git a/tmva/pymva/inc/TMVA/PyMethodBase.h b/tmva/pymva/inc/TMVA/PyMethodBase.h
index 84a7c5a395f509d96492fffdc9c3de75864159af..92973199b0387a481953f3f5634a51feb31bdc36 100644
--- a/tmva/pymva/inc/TMVA/PyMethodBase.h
+++ b/tmva/pymva/inc/TMVA/PyMethodBase.h
@@ -23,10 +23,11 @@
 //                                                                            //
 ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 
-#include <Python.h>    // Needs to be included first to avoid redefinition of _POSIX_C_SOURCE
 #include "TMVA/MethodBase.h"
 #include "TMVA/Types.h"
 
+#include <Python.h>    // Needs to be included first to avoid redefinition of _POSIX_C_SOURCE
+
 #include "Rtypes.h"
 #include "TString.h"
 
@@ -38,9 +39,6 @@ class TSpline;
 class TH1F;
 class TH1D;
 
-struct _object;
-typedef _object PyObject;
-
 // needed by NPY_API_VERSION
 #include "numpy/numpyconfig.h"