diff --git a/src/backend/utils/misc/guc-file.l b/src/backend/utils/misc/guc-file.l
index caa9c902b9..2aa48ec969 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/misc/guc-file.l
+++ b/src/backend/utils/misc/guc-file.l
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@
 #include "postgres.h"
 
 #include <ctype.h>
-#include <sys/stat.h>
 #include <unistd.h>
 
 #include "common/file_utils.h"