diff --git a/libavutil/pixelutils.h b/libavutil/pixelutils.h
index a8dbc157e1..7a997cde1c 100644
--- a/libavutil/pixelutils.h
+++ b/libavutil/pixelutils.h
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@
 
 #include <stddef.h>
 #include <stdint.h>
-#include "common.h"
 
 /**
  * Sum of abs(src1[x] - src2[x])