diff --git a/include/qemu/queue.h b/include/qemu/queue.h
index 0379bd8fdb..73bf4a984d 100644
--- a/include/qemu/queue.h
+++ b/include/qemu/queue.h
@@ -78,8 +78,6 @@
  * For details on the use of these macros, see the queue(3) manual page.
  */
 
-#include "qemu/atomic.h" /* for smp_wmb() */
-
 /*
  * List definitions.
  */