diff --git a/src/base/system.c b/src/base/system.c
index 6271591f6..5a2296edf 100644
--- a/src/base/system.c
+++ b/src/base/system.c
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@
 	#include <pthread.h>
 
 	#include <dirent.h>
-	#include <unistd.h>
 #elif defined(CONF_FAMILY_WINDOWS)
 	#define WIN32_LEAN_AND_MEAN 
 	#define _WIN32_WINNT 0x0501 /* required for mingw to get getaddrinfo to work */