diff --git a/Cantera/cxx/include/Edge.h b/Cantera/cxx/include/Edge.h
index 8ea710d19..0ae5f8ba6 100644
--- a/Cantera/cxx/include/Edge.h
+++ b/Cantera/cxx/include/Edge.h
@@ -7,10 +7,11 @@
 #include "kernel/EdgeKinetics.h"
 #include "kernel/importKinetics.h"
 
+using namespace Cantera;
 namespace Cantera_CXX {
 
     class Edge : 
-        public EdgePhase, public EdgeKinetics
+        public Cantera::EdgePhase, public Cantera::EdgeKinetics
     {
     public:
         Edge(std::string infile, std::string id, std::vector<ThermoPhase*> phases) 
diff --git a/Cantera/cxx/include/equilibrium.h b/Cantera/cxx/include/equilibrium.h
index 30c558bb2..90267d7b3 100755
--- a/Cantera/cxx/include/equilibrium.h
+++ b/Cantera/cxx/include/equilibrium.h
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@
 #include "kernel/equil.h"
 #include "kernel/ChemEquil.h"
 #include "kernel/MultiPhaseEquil.h"
-#include "kernel/vcs_MultiPhaseEquil.h"
 #endif