diff --git a/include/jemalloc/internal/jemalloc_internal.h.in b/include/jemalloc/internal/jemalloc_internal.h.in
index 800d72c2..2c213120 100644
--- a/include/jemalloc/internal/jemalloc_internal.h.in
+++ b/include/jemalloc/internal/jemalloc_internal.h.in
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
 #include <sys/param.h>
 #include <sys/time.h>
 #include <sys/types.h>
-#include <sys/sysctl.h>
 #include <sys/uio.h>
 
 #include <errno.h>