diff --git a/src/bloblist.cc b/src/bloblist.cc
index 153e1a8..6cc9ccb 100644
--- a/src/bloblist.cc
+++ b/src/bloblist.cc
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ namespace pEp
 
 ////////////////
 
-    template class ListWrapper<::bloblist_t*, ::bloblist_t*>;
+// no explicit instantiation noecessary, because of fully specialized class template. Okay. :-D
+//    template class ListWrapper<::bloblist_t*, void>;
 
 } // end of namespace pEp
diff --git a/src/bloblist.hh b/src/bloblist.hh
index 2b04fda..857ec9e 100644
--- a/src/bloblist.hh
+++ b/src/bloblist.hh
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@ public:
     typedef Wrapper<Blob*> Base;
     typedef ListWrapper<Blob*, void> LW;
 
-    
     // does not own the *value
     class iterator
     {
diff --git a/src/wrapper.hh b/src/wrapper.hh
index 4344329..d22d37b 100644
--- a/src/wrapper.hh
+++ b/src/wrapper.hh
@@ -123,7 +123,6 @@ template<class T, class Element>
 class ListWrapper<T*, Element> : public Wrapper<T*>
 {
 public:
-    struct Trait;
     typedef Wrapper<T*> Base;
     typedef ListWrapper<T*, Element> LW;