diff --git a/libavformat/ffmenc.c b/libavformat/ffmenc.c
index ba4fa7c0b7..d3008bf010 100644
--- a/libavformat/ffmenc.c
+++ b/libavformat/ffmenc.c
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@
 
 #include "avformat.h"
 #include "ffm.h"
-#include <unistd.h>
 
 /* disable pts hack for testing */
 int ffm_nopts = 0;