diff --git a/strvec.c b/strvec.c
index 89dc9e7e753313..178f4f37480e11 100644
--- a/strvec.c
+++ b/strvec.c
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 #include "git-compat-util.h"
 #include "strvec.h"
-#include "hex.h"
 #include "strbuf.h"
 
 const char *empty_strvec[] = { NULL };