diff --git a/plugins/in_serial/in_serial.c b/plugins/in_serial/in_serial.c
index 5bca1c452d4..3b526054b38 100644
--- a/plugins/in_serial/in_serial.c
+++ b/plugins/in_serial/in_serial.c
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@
 #include <errno.h>
 #include <ctype.h>
 #include <sys/stat.h>
-#include <sys/time.h>
 #include <inttypes.h>
 #include <termios.h>