diff --git a/libstdc++/stl/ChangeLog b/libstdc++/stl/ChangeLog
index c574129cb47..1c617afe92f 100644
--- a/libstdc++/stl/ChangeLog
+++ b/libstdc++/stl/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2000-01-19  Gabriel Dos Reis  <dosreis@cmla.ens-cachan.fr>
+
+	* stl_iterator.h: Make it possible to use standard class
+	`iterator'. 
+
 1999-12-14  Mumit Khan  <khan@xraylith.wisc.edu>
 
 	* stl_config.h (__MINGW32__): Define __STL_WIN32THREADS for thread
diff --git a/libstdc++/stl/stl_iterator.h b/libstdc++/stl/stl_iterator.h
index e2bd7149692..517bc5feda1 100644
--- a/libstdc++/stl/stl_iterator.h
+++ b/libstdc++/stl/stl_iterator.h
@@ -85,7 +85,6 @@ template <class _Tp, class _Distance> struct random_access_iterator {
   typedef _Tp&                       reference;
 };
 
-#ifdef __STL_USE_NAMESPACES
 template <class _Category, class _Tp, class _Distance = ptrdiff_t,
           class _Pointer = _Tp*, class _Reference = _Tp&>
 struct iterator {
@@ -95,7 +94,6 @@ struct iterator {
   typedef _Pointer   pointer;
   typedef _Reference reference;
 };
-#endif /* __STL_USE_NAMESPACES */
 
 #ifdef __STL_CLASS_PARTIAL_SPECIALIZATION