diff --git a/include/boost/pending/iterator_adaptors.hpp b/include/boost/pending/iterator_adaptors.hpp
index 379762b..121c47f 100644
--- a/include/boost/pending/iterator_adaptors.hpp
+++ b/include/boost/pending/iterator_adaptors.hpp
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 #include <boost/utility.hpp>
 #include <boost/compressed_pair.hpp>
 #include <boost/concept_check.hpp>
+#include <boost/type.hpp>
 
 // I was having some problems with VC6. I couldn't tell whether our hack for
 // stock GCC was causing problems so I needed an easy way to turn it on and
@@ -28,11 +29,6 @@
 
 namespace boost {
 
-// Just a "type envelope"; works around some MSVC deficiencies.
-template <class T>
-struct type {};
-
-
 //============================================================================
 // Concept checking classes that express the requirements for iterator
 // policies and adapted types. These classes are mostly for