diff --git a/qapi/qapi-forward-visitor.c b/qapi/qapi-forward-visitor.c
index 4ea7e0bec3..e36d9bc9ba 100644
--- a/qapi/qapi-forward-visitor.c
+++ b/qapi/qapi-forward-visitor.c
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@
 #include "qapi/qmp/qnum.h"
 #include "qapi/qmp/qstring.h"
 #include "qemu/cutils.h"
-#include "qemu/option.h"
 
 struct ForwardFieldVisitor {
     Visitor visitor;