diff --git a/include/exec/cpu-all.h b/include/exec/cpu-all.h
index 586dc56d9e..4de0d5a0d7 100644
--- a/include/exec/cpu-all.h
+++ b/include/exec/cpu-all.h
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@
 #include "exec/cpu-common.h"
 #include "exec/memory.h"
 #include "exec/tswap.h"
-#include "qemu/thread.h"
 #include "hw/core/cpu.h"
 
 /* some important defines: