diff --git a/util/memfd.c b/util/memfd.c
index 3a82505f8d..dce61f9d21 100644
--- a/util/memfd.c
+++ b/util/memfd.c
@@ -27,8 +27,6 @@
 
 #include "qemu/osdep.h"
 
-#include <glib/gprintf.h>
-
 #include "qemu/memfd.h"
 
 #if defined CONFIG_LINUX && !defined CONFIG_MEMFD