diff --git a/block/file-win32.c b/block/file-win32.c
index 800fabdd72..e132ba17da 100644
--- a/block/file-win32.c
+++ b/block/file-win32.c
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@
 #include "qemu/osdep.h"
 #include "qapi/error.h"
 #include "qemu/cutils.h"
-#include "qemu/timer.h"
 #include "block/block_int.h"
 #include "qemu/module.h"
 #include "block/raw-aio.h"