diff --git a/helper/ccnx-producer-helper.h b/helper/ccnx-producer-helper.h
index 24e494c..31f76da 100644
--- a/helper/ccnx-producer-helper.h
+++ b/helper/ccnx-producer-helper.h
@@ -21,24 +21,11 @@
 #ifndef CCNX_PRODUCER_HELPER_H
 #define CCNX_PRODUCER_HELPER_H
 
-#include <stdint.h>
-#include <string>
 #include "ns3/object-factory.h"
-#include "ns3/address.h"
 #include "ns3/attribute.h"
-#include "ns3/net-device.h"
 #include "ns3/node-container.h"
 #include "ns3/application-container.h"
-#include "ns3/ccnx-name-components.h"
-#include "ns3/pointer.h"
-#include "ns3/ccnx-local-face.h"
-#include "ns3/callback.h"
-#include "ns3/ccnx-producer.h"
-#include "ns3/uinteger.h"
-#include "ns3/ccnx-stack-helper.h"
-#include "ns3/log.h"
-#include "ns3/string.h"
-#include "ns3/names.h"
+#include "ns3/ptr.h"
 
 namespace ns3 
 {    
@@ -46,7 +33,9 @@
 * \brief A helper to make it easier to instantiate an ns3::CcnxProducer application
 * on a set of nodes.
 */
-    
+
+class Node;
+
 class CcnxProducerHelper
 {
 public: