diff --git a/src/mesh/blockMesh/curvedEdges/lineEdge.H b/src/mesh/blockMesh/curvedEdges/lineEdge.H
index f445e85f56..856c6b3f96 100644
--- a/src/mesh/blockMesh/curvedEdges/lineEdge.H
+++ b/src/mesh/blockMesh/curvedEdges/lineEdge.H
@@ -51,13 +51,6 @@ class lineEdge
 :
     public curvedEdge
 {
-    // Private Member Functions
-
-        //- Disallow default bitwise copy construct
-        lineEdge(const lineEdge&);
-
-        //- Disallow default bitwise assignment
-        void operator=(const lineEdge&);
 
 public: