diff --git a/include/qemu/osdep.h b/include/qemu/osdep.h
index f9ec8c84e9..a434382c58 100644
--- a/include/qemu/osdep.h
+++ b/include/qemu/osdep.h
@@ -104,10 +104,6 @@ extern int daemon(int, int);
 #include <setjmp.h>
 #include <signal.h>
 
-#ifdef HAVE_SYS_SIGNAL_H
-#include <sys/signal.h>
-#endif
-
 #ifndef _WIN32
 #include <sys/wait.h>
 #else
diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 3d889857a0..af2bc89741 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -1113,7 +1113,6 @@ config_host_data.set('HAVE_DRM_H', cc.has_header('libdrm/drm.h'))
 config_host_data.set('HAVE_PTY_H', cc.has_header('pty.h'))
 config_host_data.set('HAVE_SYS_IOCCOM_H', cc.has_header('sys/ioccom.h'))
 config_host_data.set('HAVE_SYS_KCOV_H', cc.has_header('sys/kcov.h'))
-config_host_data.set('HAVE_SYS_SIGNAL_H', cc.has_header('sys/signal.h'))
 
 ignored = ['CONFIG_QEMU_INTERP_PREFIX'] # actually per-target
 arrays = ['CONFIG_AUDIO_DRIVERS', 'CONFIG_BDRV_RW_WHITELIST', 'CONFIG_BDRV_RO_WHITELIST']