diff --git a/hw/vfio/spapr.c b/hw/vfio/spapr.c
index 237f96dd3f..1a5d1611f2 100644
--- a/hw/vfio/spapr.c
+++ b/hw/vfio/spapr.c
@@ -11,9 +11,6 @@
 #include "qemu/osdep.h"
 #include <sys/ioctl.h>
 #include <linux/vfio.h>
-#ifdef CONFIG_KVM
-#include <linux/kvm.h>
-#endif
 #include "system/kvm.h"
 #include "system/hostmem.h"
 #include "exec/address-spaces.h"