diff --git a/torchtext/csrc/vocab.cpp b/torchtext/csrc/vocab.cpp
index 525397a8c..28e17b0fe 100644
--- a/torchtext/csrc/vocab.cpp
+++ b/torchtext/csrc/vocab.cpp
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@
 #include <torchtext/csrc/vocab.h> // @manual
 
 #include <iostream>
-#include <stdexcept>
 #include <string>
 namespace torchtext {
 
diff --git a/torchtext/csrc/vocab_factory.cpp b/torchtext/csrc/vocab_factory.cpp
index d9a6063f4..18015716a 100644
--- a/torchtext/csrc/vocab_factory.cpp
+++ b/torchtext/csrc/vocab_factory.cpp
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@
 #include <torchtext/csrc/vocab_factory.h> // @manual
 
 #include <fstream>
-#include <stdexcept>
 #include <string>
 
 namespace torchtext {