diff --git a/libs/ardour/rc_configuration.cc b/libs/ardour/rc_configuration.cc
index b72994fe51..972f1f2fcb 100644
--- a/libs/ardour/rc_configuration.cc
+++ b/libs/ardour/rc_configuration.cc
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@
 #include <glibmm/miscutils.h>
 
 #include "pbd/xml++.h"
-#include "pbd/filesystem.h"
 #include "pbd/file_utils.h"
 
 #include "midi++/manager.h"