diff --git a/src/libutil/util.hh b/src/libutil/util.hh
index 8e24ef968..d7ee62bcc 100644
--- a/src/libutil/util.hh
+++ b/src/libutil/util.hh
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
 #include "types.hh"
 #include "logging.hh"
 #include "ansicolor.hh"
-#include "error.hh"
 
 #include <sys/types.h>
 #include <sys/stat.h>