diff --git a/code/AssetLib/MDL/HalfLife/HL1MDLLoader.cpp b/code/AssetLib/MDL/HalfLife/HL1MDLLoader.cpp
index 4df0d0d1d..eee9ed346 100644
--- a/code/AssetLib/MDL/HalfLife/HL1MDLLoader.cpp
+++ b/code/AssetLib/MDL/HalfLife/HL1MDLLoader.cpp
@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@ OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
 
 #include <iomanip>
 #include <sstream>
+#include <map>
 
 #ifdef MDL_HALFLIFE_LOG_WARN_HEADER
 #undef MDL_HALFLIFE_LOG_WARN_HEADER
diff --git a/code/Common/BaseImporter.cpp b/code/Common/BaseImporter.cpp
index 83036e761..2783a8372 100644
--- a/code/Common/BaseImporter.cpp
+++ b/code/Common/BaseImporter.cpp
@@ -65,20 +65,6 @@ using namespace Assimp;
 // Constructor to be privately used by Importer
 BaseImporter::BaseImporter() AI_NO_EXCEPT
         : m_progress() {
-    /**
-    * Assimp Importer
-    * unit conversions available
-    * if you need another measurment unit add it below.
-    * it's currently defined in assimp that we prefer meters.
-    *
-    * NOTE: Initialised here rather than in the header file
-    * to workaround a VS2013 bug with brace initialisers
-    * */
-    importerUnits[ImporterUnits::M] = 1.0;
-    importerUnits[ImporterUnits::CM] = 0.01;
-    importerUnits[ImporterUnits::MM] = 0.001;
-    importerUnits[ImporterUnits::INCHES] = 0.0254;
-    importerUnits[ImporterUnits::FEET] = 0.3048;
 }
 
 // ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/include/assimp/BaseImporter.h b/include/assimp/BaseImporter.h
index 86d7ba70f..38bec1afd 100644
--- a/include/assimp/BaseImporter.h
+++ b/include/assimp/BaseImporter.h
@@ -51,10 +51,8 @@ OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
 
 #include "Exceptional.h"
 
-#include <assimp/ai_assert.h>
 #include <assimp/types.h>
 #include <assimp/ProgressHandler.hpp>
-#include <map>
 #include <set>
 #include <vector>
 #include <memory>
@@ -179,42 +177,10 @@ public:
     /**
      * Will be called only by scale process when scaling is requested.
      */
-    virtual void SetFileScale(double scale) {
+    void SetFileScale(double scale) {
         fileScale = scale;
     }
 
-    virtual double GetFileScale() const {
-        return fileScale;
-    }
-
-    enum ImporterUnits {
-        M,
-        MM,
-        CM,
-        INCHES,
-        FEET
-    };
-
-    /**
-     * Assimp Importer
-     * unit conversions available 
-     * NOTE: Valid options are initialised in the
-     * constructor in the implementation file to
-     * work around a VS2013 compiler bug if support
-     * for that compiler is dropped in the future
-     * initialisation can be moved back here
-     * */
-    std::map<ImporterUnits, double> importerUnits;
-
-    virtual void SetApplicationUnits(const ImporterUnits &unit) {
-        importerScale = importerUnits[unit];
-        applicationUnits = unit;
-    }
-
-    virtual const ImporterUnits &GetApplicationUnits() {
-        return applicationUnits;
-    }
-
     // -------------------------------------------------------------------
     /** Called by #Importer::GetExtensionList for each loaded importer.
      *  Take the extension list contained in the structure returned by
@@ -223,7 +189,6 @@ public:
     void GetExtensionList(std::set<std::string> &extensions);
 
 protected:
-    ImporterUnits applicationUnits = ImporterUnits::M;
     double importerScale = 1.0;
     double fileScale = 1.0;
 
@@ -420,7 +385,7 @@ public: // static utilities
 
 private:
     /* Pushes state into importer for the importer scale */
-    virtual void UpdateImporterScale(Importer *pImp);
+    void UpdateImporterScale(Importer *pImp);
 
 protected:
     /// Error description in case there was one.
diff --git a/include/assimp/XmlParser.h b/include/assimp/XmlParser.h
index f525d3549..91fb9907f 100644
--- a/include/assimp/XmlParser.h
+++ b/include/assimp/XmlParser.h
@@ -43,8 +43,11 @@ OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
 #define INCLUDED_AI_IRRXML_WRAPPER
 
 #include <assimp/DefaultLogger.hpp>
+#include <assimp/ai_assert.h>
+
 #include "BaseImporter.h"
 #include "IOStream.hpp"
+
 #include <pugixml.hpp>
 #include <vector>