diff --git a/components/bsa/bsa_file.cpp b/components/bsa/bsa_file.cpp
index 3fd74dd83..f6220b7ce 100644
--- a/components/bsa/bsa_file.cpp
+++ b/components/bsa/bsa_file.cpp
@@ -28,12 +28,11 @@
 #include <boost/filesystem/path.hpp>
 #include <boost/filesystem/fstream.hpp>
 
-using namespace std;
 using namespace Bsa;
 
 
 /// Error handling
-void BSAFile::fail(const string &msg)
+void BSAFile::fail(const std::string &msg)
 {
     throw std::runtime_error("BSA Error: " + msg + "\nArchive: " + mFilename);
 }
@@ -160,7 +159,7 @@ int BSAFile::getIndex(const char *str) const
 }
 
 /// Open an archive file.
-void BSAFile::open(const string &file)
+void BSAFile::open(const std::string &file)
 {
     mFilename = file;
     readHeader();
@@ -171,7 +170,7 @@ Files::IStreamPtr BSAFile::getFile(const char *file)
     assert(file);
     int i = getIndex(file);
     if(i == -1)
-        fail("File not found: " + string(file));
+        fail("File not found: " + std::string(file));
 
     const FileStruct &fs = mFiles[i];
 
diff --git a/components/esm/esmreader.cpp b/components/esm/esmreader.cpp
index 1b6eca734..4e7dce876 100644
--- a/components/esm/esmreader.cpp
+++ b/components/esm/esmreader.cpp
@@ -357,16 +357,14 @@ std::string ESMReader::getString(int size)
 
 void ESMReader::fail(const std::string &msg)
 {
-    using namespace std;
-
-    stringstream ss;
+    std::stringstream ss;
 
     ss << "ESM Error: " << msg;
     ss << "\n  File: " << mCtx.filename;
     ss << "\n  Record: " << mCtx.recName.toString();
     ss << "\n  Subrecord: " << mCtx.subName.toString();
     if (mEsm.get())
-        ss << "\n  Offset: 0x" << hex << mEsm->tellg();
+        ss << "\n  Offset: 0x" << std::hex << mEsm->tellg();
     throw std::runtime_error(ss.str());
 }
 
diff --git a/components/to_utf8/gen_iconv.cpp b/components/to_utf8/gen_iconv.cpp
index 8198b305d..f2d9a42f1 100644
--- a/components/to_utf8/gen_iconv.cpp
+++ b/components/to_utf8/gen_iconv.cpp
@@ -1,20 +1,19 @@
 // This program generates the file tables_gen.hpp
 
 #include <iostream>
-using namespace std;
 
 #include <iconv.h>
 #include <cassert>
 
-void tab() { cout << "   "; }
+void tab() { std::cout << "   "; }
 
 // write one number with a space in front of it and a comma after it
 void num(char i, bool last)
 {
   // Convert i to its integer value, i.e. -128 to 127. Printing it directly
   // would result in non-printable characters in the source code, which is bad.
-  cout << " " << static_cast<int>(i);
-  if(!last) cout << ",";
+  std::cout << " " << static_cast<int>(i);
+  if(!last) std::cout << ",";
 }
 
 // Write one table entry (UTF8 value), 1-5 bytes
@@ -27,9 +26,9 @@ void writeChar(char *value, int length, bool last, const std::string &comment=""
     num(value[i], last && i==4);
 
   if(comment != "")
-    cout << " // " << comment;
+    std::cout << " // " << comment;
 
-  cout << endl;
+  std::cout << std::endl;
 }
 
 // What to write on missing characters
@@ -46,7 +45,7 @@ void writeMissing(bool last)
 int write_table(const std::string &charset, const std::string &tableName)
 {
   // Write table header
-  cout << "static signed char " << tableName << "[] =\n{\n";
+  std::cout << "static signed char " << tableName << "[] =\n{\n";
 
   // Open conversion system
   iconv_t cd = iconv_open ("UTF-8", charset.c_str());
@@ -74,7 +73,7 @@ int write_table(const std::string &charset, const std::string &tableName)
   iconv_close (cd);
 
   // Finish table
-  cout << "};\n";
+  std::cout << "};\n";
 
   return 0;
 }
@@ -82,37 +81,37 @@ int write_table(const std::string &charset, const std::string &tableName)
 int main()
 {
   // Write header guard
-  cout << "#ifndef COMPONENTS_TOUTF8_TABLE_GEN_H\n#define COMPONENTS_TOUTF8_TABLE_GEN_H\n\n";
+  std::cout << "#ifndef COMPONENTS_TOUTF8_TABLE_GEN_H\n#define COMPONENTS_TOUTF8_TABLE_GEN_H\n\n";
 
   // Write namespace
-  cout << "namespace ToUTF8\n{\n\n";
+  std::cout << "namespace ToUTF8\n{\n\n";
 
   // Central European and Eastern European languages that use Latin script, such as
   // Polish, Czech, Slovak, Hungarian, Slovene, Bosnian, Croatian, Serbian (Latin script), Romanian and Albanian.
-  cout << "\n/// Central European and Eastern European languages that use Latin script,"
-          "\n/// such as Polish, Czech, Slovak, Hungarian, Slovene, Bosnian, Croatian,"
-          "\n/// Serbian (Latin script), Romanian and Albanian."
-          "\n";
+  std::cout << "\n/// Central European and Eastern European languages that use Latin script,"
+               "\n/// such as Polish, Czech, Slovak, Hungarian, Slovene, Bosnian, Croatian,"
+               "\n/// Serbian (Latin script), Romanian and Albanian."
+               "\n";
   write_table("WINDOWS-1250", "windows_1250");
 
   // Cyrillic alphabet such as Russian, Bulgarian, Serbian Cyrillic and other languages
-  cout << "\n/// Cyrillic alphabet such as Russian, Bulgarian, Serbian Cyrillic"
-          "\n/// and other languages"
-          "\n";
+  std::cout << "\n/// Cyrillic alphabet such as Russian, Bulgarian, Serbian Cyrillic"
+               "\n/// and other languages"
+               "\n";
   write_table("WINDOWS-1251", "windows_1251");
 
   // English
-  cout << "\n/// Latin alphabet used by English and some other Western languages"
-          "\n";
+  std::cout << "\n/// Latin alphabet used by English and some other Western languages"
+               "\n";
   write_table("WINDOWS-1252", "windows_1252");
 
   write_table("CP437", "cp437");
 
   // Close namespace
-  cout << "\n}\n\n";
+  std::cout << "\n}\n\n";
 
   // Close header guard
-  cout << "#endif\n\n";
+  std::cout << "#endif\n\n";
 
   return 0;
 }