diff --git a/util/path.c b/util/path.c
index 5479f76c6d831c0eb28b23952c5e5d7a0fd26135..7f9fc272fbb3f5aee5a2a781ebb989bf208a8023 100644
--- a/util/path.c
+++ b/util/path.c
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@
 #include "qemu/osdep.h"
 #include <sys/param.h>
 #include <dirent.h>
-#include "qemu-common.h"
 #include "qemu/cutils.h"
 #include "qemu/path.h"