diff --git a/libs/ardour/lv2_plugin.cc b/libs/ardour/lv2_plugin.cc
index 980c43c9b7..33b02a76e3 100644
--- a/libs/ardour/lv2_plugin.cc
+++ b/libs/ardour/lv2_plugin.cc
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@
 #include <cstring>
 
 #include <glib/gstdio.h>
-#include <giomm/file.h>
 #include <glib/gprintf.h>
 #include <glibmm.h>