diff --git a/include/qemu/cutils.h b/include/qemu/cutils.h
index 6d5ea8351e..47aaa3b0b9 100644
--- a/include/qemu/cutils.h
+++ b/include/qemu/cutils.h
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
 #define QEMU_CUTILS_H
 
 #include "qemu/fprintf-fn.h"
-#include "qemu/units.h"
 
 /**
  * pstrcpy: