diff --git a/src/lxc/bdev/bdev.h b/src/lxc/bdev/bdev.h
index 1ffb590aa..3f21e8404 100644
--- a/src/lxc/bdev/bdev.h
+++ b/src/lxc/bdev/bdev.h
@@ -33,13 +33,6 @@
 
 #include "config.h"
 
-/* Define getline() if missing from the C library */
-#ifndef HAVE_GETLINE
-#ifdef HAVE_FGETLN
-#include <../../include/getline.h>
-#endif
-#endif
-
 /* define constants if the kernel/glibc headers don't define them */
 #ifndef MS_DIRSYNC
 #define MS_DIRSYNC 128