diff --git a/libavformat/tty.c b/libavformat/tty.c
index 6aa6fa2c27..78db4ee041 100644
--- a/libavformat/tty.c
+++ b/libavformat/tty.c
@@ -28,7 +28,6 @@
 #include "libavutil/avstring.h"
 #include "avformat.h"
 #include "sauce.h"
-#include <strings.h>
 
 #define LINE_RATE 6000 /* characters per second */