diff --git a/phpBB/phpbb/files/types/base.php b/phpBB/phpbb/files/types/base.php
index 77ebdb4f32..1ed06053a4 100644
--- a/phpBB/phpbb/files/types/base.php
+++ b/phpBB/phpbb/files/types/base.php
@@ -13,11 +13,9 @@
 
 namespace phpbb\files\types;
 
-use \phpbb\language\language;
-
 abstract class base implements type_interface
 {
-	/** @var language */
+	/** @var \phpbb\language\language */
 	protected $language;
 
 	/** @var \phpbb\files\upload */