diff --git a/roofit/roofitcore/inc/LinkDef.h b/roofit/roofitcore/inc/LinkDef.h
index bf571f80c9b77c0234506092cd48d9c8e7eb1e3a..e585a739966bdfc0d83341625b97858f4f947073 100644
--- a/roofit/roofitcore/inc/LinkDef.h
+++ b/roofit/roofitcore/inc/LinkDef.h
@@ -124,7 +124,6 @@
 #pragma link C++ class RooGenContext+ ;
 #pragma link C++ class RooGenericPdf+ ;
 #pragma link C++ class RooGenProdProj+ ;
-#pragma link C++ class RooHistError+ ;
 #pragma link C++ class RooHist+ ;
 #pragma link C++ class RooImproperIntegrator1D+ ;
 #pragma link C++ class RooIntegrator1D+ ;
diff --git a/roofit/roofitcore/inc/RooHistError.h b/roofit/roofitcore/inc/RooHistError.h
index c6ea7cad4ac76025336f8e5ae1f239c012b54cb1..0a66db2dba1bc183765cf89bcf018eecc79d6ea1 100644
--- a/roofit/roofitcore/inc/RooHistError.h
+++ b/roofit/roofitcore/inc/RooHistError.h
@@ -131,7 +131,6 @@ private:
     Int_t _N1 ;
   } ;
 
-  ClassDef(RooHistError,1) // Utility class for calculating histogram errors
 };
 
 #endif
diff --git a/roofit/roofitcore/src/RooHistError.cxx b/roofit/roofitcore/src/RooHistError.cxx
index 29020c24e93450a4dc6fcb3876316267055ab320..8ca103cf46965ecbf5beb735db50a0bb18f7aa92 100644
--- a/roofit/roofitcore/src/RooHistError.cxx
+++ b/roofit/roofitcore/src/RooHistError.cxx
@@ -34,10 +34,6 @@ a specified area of a Poisson or Binomail error distribution.
 
 using namespace std;
 
-ClassImp(RooHistError);
-  ;
-
-
 
 ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 /// Return a reference to a singleton object that is created the