diff --git a/libavformat/id3v1.c b/libavformat/id3v1.c
index eb66098f51..3189a48b8c 100644
--- a/libavformat/id3v1.c
+++ b/libavformat/id3v1.c
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@
  */
 
 #include "id3v1.h"
-#include "libavcodec/avcodec.h"
 #include "libavutil/dict.h"
 
 /* See Genre List at http://id3.org/id3v2.3.0 */