diff --git a/gtsam/inference/BayesNet-inl.h b/gtsam/inference/BayesNet-inl.h
index b668a7741..57cef4634 100644
--- a/gtsam/inference/BayesNet-inl.h
+++ b/gtsam/inference/BayesNet-inl.h
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ namespace gtsam {
   bool BayesNet<CONDITIONAL>::equals(const BayesNet& cbn, double tol) const {
     if (size() != cbn.size())
       return false;
-    return equal(conditionals_.begin(), conditionals_.end(),
+    return std::equal(conditionals_.begin(), conditionals_.end(),
         cbn.conditionals_.begin(), equals_star<CONDITIONAL>(tol));
   }
 
diff --git a/gtsam/inference/BayesTree-inl.h b/gtsam/inference/BayesTree-inl.h
index 28f5e10cc..9fb8080ce 100644
--- a/gtsam/inference/BayesTree-inl.h
+++ b/gtsam/inference/BayesTree-inl.h
@@ -35,8 +35,6 @@
 using boost::assign::operator+=;
 #include <boost/format.hpp>
 
-namespace lam = boost::lambda;
-
 namespace gtsam {
 
 	/* ************************************************************************* */