diff --git a/src/DynamicModel.cc b/src/DynamicModel.cc
index e4dd30b3010db766dd3e473e46d7fa139043a3a3..76d1be395373a7c6c82e1f24ea4b4c4e60c69a11 100644
--- a/src/DynamicModel.cc
+++ b/src/DynamicModel.cc
@@ -2551,8 +2551,7 @@ DynamicModel::removeEquations(const vector<pair<string, string>> &listed_eqs_by_
                               bool excluded_vars_change_type)
 {
   /* Convert the const vector to a (mutable) set */
-  set<pair<string, string>> listed_eqs_by_tag2;
-  copy(listed_eqs_by_tag.begin(), listed_eqs_by_tag.end(), inserter(listed_eqs_by_tag2, listed_eqs_by_tag2.end()));
+  set<pair<string, string>> listed_eqs_by_tag2(listed_eqs_by_tag.begin(), listed_eqs_by_tag.end());
 
   vector<int> excluded_vars = removeEquationsHelper(listed_eqs_by_tag2, exclude_eqs,
                                                     excluded_vars_change_type,