diff --git a/file_extract.h b/file_extract.h
index b69662b667..c29be26307 100644
--- a/file_extract.h
+++ b/file_extract.h
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@
 #define FILE_EXTRACT_H__
 
 #include <boolean.h>
-#include "file.h"
 #include <stddef.h>
 #include <stdint.h>