diff --git a/libavcodec/ac3enc_template.c b/libavcodec/ac3enc_template.c
index 8960124bc6..7a6d72ff48 100644
--- a/libavcodec/ac3enc_template.c
+++ b/libavcodec/ac3enc_template.c
@@ -28,8 +28,6 @@
 
 #include <stdint.h>
 
-#include "ac3enc.h"
-
 
 /* prototypes for static functions in ac3enc_fixed.c and ac3enc_float.c */