diff --git a/qapi/string-output-visitor.c b/qapi/string-output-visitor.c
index 5506c933de..71ddc92b7b 100644
--- a/qapi/string-output-visitor.c
+++ b/qapi/string-output-visitor.c
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@
 #include "qemu/cutils.h"
 #include "qapi/string-output-visitor.h"
 #include "qapi/visitor-impl.h"
-#include "qemu/host-utils.h"
 #include <math.h>
 #include "qemu/range.h"