diff --git a/user_channel/user_mgmt.cpp b/user_channel/user_mgmt.cpp
index 036f73d..6b31eb9 100644
--- a/user_channel/user_mgmt.cpp
+++ b/user_channel/user_mgmt.cpp
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
 #include <boost/interprocess/sync/scoped_lock.hpp>
 #include <cerrno>
 #include <fstream>
+#include <ipmid/types.hpp>
 #include <nlohmann/json.hpp>
 #include <phosphor-logging/elog-errors.hpp>
 #include <phosphor-logging/log.hpp>
diff --git a/user_channel/user_mgmt.hpp b/user_channel/user_mgmt.hpp
index d41a387..6dbda25 100644
--- a/user_channel/user_mgmt.hpp
+++ b/user_channel/user_mgmt.hpp
@@ -402,44 +402,4 @@
     void cacheUserDataFile();
 };
 
-template <typename T>
-class SecureAllocator : public std::allocator<T>
-{
-  public:
-    typedef size_t size_type;
-    typedef T* pointer;
-    typedef const T* const_pointer;
-
-    template <typename _Tp1>
-    struct rebind
-    {
-        typedef SecureAllocator<_Tp1> other;
-    };
-    pointer allocate(size_type n, const void* hint = 0)
-    {
-        return std::allocator<T>::allocate(n, hint);
-    }
-
-    void deallocate(pointer p, size_type n)
-    {
-        OPENSSL_cleanse(p, n);
-        return std::allocator<T>::deallocate(p, n);
-    }
-
-    SecureAllocator() throw() : std::allocator<T>()
-    {
-    }
-    SecureAllocator(const SecureAllocator& a) throw() : std::allocator<T>(a)
-    {
-    }
-    template <class U>
-    SecureAllocator(const SecureAllocator<U>& a) throw() : std::allocator<T>(a)
-    {
-    }
-    ~SecureAllocator() throw()
-    {
-    }
-};
-using SecureString = std::basic_string<char, std::char_traits<char>,
-                                       ipmi::SecureAllocator<char>>;
 } // namespace ipmi