diff --git a/drivers/staging/lustre/lnet/klnds/socklnd/socklnd_lib-linux.h b/drivers/staging/lustre/lnet/klnds/socklnd/socklnd_lib-linux.h
index 3c135786dc11..384eb7ca1c82 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/lustre/lnet/klnds/socklnd/socklnd_lib-linux.h
+++ b/drivers/staging/lustre/lnet/klnds/socklnd/socklnd_lib-linux.h
@@ -41,7 +41,6 @@
 
 #include <linux/module.h>
 #include <linux/kernel.h>
-#include <linux/version.h>
 #include <linux/mm.h>
 #include <linux/string.h>
 #include <linux/stat.h>