diff --git a/libavcodec/vaapi.h b/libavcodec/vaapi.h
index 0c057ceeb2..07568a47fc 100644
--- a/libavcodec/vaapi.h
+++ b/libavcodec/vaapi.h
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@
 #define AVCODEC_VAAPI_H
 
 #include <stdint.h>
-#include <va/va.h>
 
 /**
  * \defgroup VAAPI_Decoding VA API Decoding