diff --git a/libavfilter/vf_fieldorder.c b/libavfilter/vf_fieldorder.c
index bad61e1e72..c7b4922049 100644
--- a/libavfilter/vf_fieldorder.c
+++ b/libavfilter/vf_fieldorder.c
@@ -23,11 +23,6 @@
  * video field order filter, heavily influenced by vf_pad.c
  */
 
-/* #define DEBUG */
-
-#include <stdio.h>
-#include <string.h>
-
 #include "libavutil/imgutils.h"
 #include "libavutil/internal.h"
 #include "libavutil/pixdesc.h"