diff --git a/src/node_file.cc b/src/node_file.cc
index 121fd35f573434..763e9e8f0f6c5d 100644
--- a/src/node_file.cc
+++ b/src/node_file.cc
@@ -32,7 +32,6 @@
 #include "req_wrap-inl.h"
 #include "stream_base-inl.h"
 #include "string_bytes.h"
-#include "string_search.h"
 
 #include <fcntl.h>
 #include <sys/types.h>