diff --git a/libavcodec/x86/hevcdsp_init.c b/libavcodec/x86/hevcdsp_init.c
index f3061bda84..48f48a925f 100644
--- a/libavcodec/x86/hevcdsp_init.c
+++ b/libavcodec/x86/hevcdsp_init.c
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@
 #include "libavutil/mem_internal.h"
 #include "libavutil/x86/asm.h"
 #include "libavutil/x86/cpu.h"
-#include "libavcodec/get_bits.h" /* required for hevcdsp.h GetBitContext */
 #include "libavcodec/hevcdsp.h"
 #include "libavcodec/x86/hevcdsp.h"