diff --git a/libs/ardour/vst_info_file.cc b/libs/ardour/vst_info_file.cc
index b005190e8f..bf9d196e61 100644
--- a/libs/ardour/vst_info_file.cc
+++ b/libs/ardour/vst_info_file.cc
@@ -34,7 +34,6 @@
 #include <stddef.h>
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <string.h>
-#include <libgen.h>
 
 #include <glib.h>
 #include <glib/gstdio.h>