diff --git a/src/core/lib/event_engine/posix_engine/file_descriptors.cc b/src/core/lib/event_engine/posix_engine/file_descriptors.cc
index 78c9b4c751aab..cf5048ffa2a63 100644
--- a/src/core/lib/event_engine/posix_engine/file_descriptors.cc
+++ b/src/core/lib/event_engine/posix_engine/file_descriptors.cc
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@
 #include "src/core/lib/event_engine/posix_engine/file_descriptors.h"
 
 #include <grpc/support/port_platform.h>
-#include <unistd.h>
 
 #include <unordered_map>
 #include <unordered_set>