diff --git a/libs/pbd/microseconds.cc b/libs/pbd/microseconds.cc
index 331cc6f778..7a8ce9233c 100644
--- a/libs/pbd/microseconds.cc
+++ b/libs/pbd/microseconds.cc
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@
 #include <time.h>
 
 #ifdef PLATFORM_WINDOWS
-#include <profileapi.h>
 #include <windows.h> // for LARGE_INTEGER
 #endif