diff --git a/core-buffer/src/FastH5Writer.cpp b/core-buffer/src/FastH5Writer.cpp
index 8c80af4..04405c1 100644
--- a/core-buffer/src/FastH5Writer.cpp
+++ b/core-buffer/src/FastH5Writer.cpp
@@ -1,10 +1,8 @@
 #include <BufferUtils.hpp>
 #include "FastH5Writer.hpp"
-#include "date.h"
 #include <chrono>
 #include <WriterUtils.hpp>
 #include <cstring>
-#include <iostream>
 
 extern "C"
 {