diff --git a/tests/examples/c/apitest.c b/tests/examples/c/apitest.c
index b92d898f06b4232c9b0486417ebedde3617f526e..18569196993de2c424f8449db3461b6ff0471d0d 100644
--- a/tests/examples/c/apitest.c
+++ b/tests/examples/c/apitest.c
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
 // to compile: gcc -o apitest apitest.c -ltaos
 
 #include "taoserror.h"
-#include "cJSON.h"
 
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
diff --git a/tests/examples/c/makefile b/tests/examples/c/makefile
index 768cceaec7cab39606647b702f87c7a2f36aa473..eee4e5d9b50d734232ffd4fc56a84451b59e504d 100644
--- a/tests/examples/c/makefile
+++ b/tests/examples/c/makefile
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ LFLAGS = '-Wl,-rpath,/usr/local/taos/driver/' -ltaos -lpthread -lm -lrt
 CFLAGS = -O3 -g -Wall -Wno-deprecated -fPIC -Wno-unused-result -Wconversion \
 	-Wno-char-subscripts -D_REENTRANT -Wno-format -D_REENTRANT -DLINUX \
 	-Wno-unused-function -D_M_X64 -I/usr/local/taos/include -std=gnu99 \
-	-I../../../deps/cJson/inc -I../../../src/os/inc -I../../../src/inc \
+	-I../../../src/os/inc -I../../../src/inc \
 	-I../../../src/util/inc -I../../../src/common/inc
 all: $(TARGET)
 
@@ -38,4 +38,4 @@ clean:
 	rm $(ROOT)clientcfgtest-wrongjson
 	rm $(ROOT)clientcfgtest-wrongvalue
 	rm $(ROOT)clientcfgtest-taosd
-	
+