diff --git a/tools/iio/iio_utils.c b/tools/iio/iio_utils.c
index a95270f3335376ca46f494ba8190a9343e8bffea..31aca9ab078bf8d42444f75cdc9c3b4b721ccadb 100644
--- a/tools/iio/iio_utils.c
+++ b/tools/iio/iio_utils.c
@@ -6,9 +6,6 @@
  * under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 as published by
  * the Free Software Foundation.
  */
-#ifndef _IIO_UTILS_H
-#define _IIO_UTILS_H
-
 #include <string.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #include <stdio.h>
@@ -990,5 +987,3 @@ int read_sysfs_string(const char *filename, const char *basedir, char *str)
 
 	return ret;
 }
-
-#endif /* _IIO_UTILS_H */