diff --git a/libavcodec/bitstream_filter.c b/libavcodec/bitstream_filter.c
index 02878e3bf3..e9291aba19 100644
--- a/libavcodec/bitstream_filter.c
+++ b/libavcodec/bitstream_filter.c
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@
 #include <string.h>
 
 #include "avcodec.h"
-#include "libavutil/atomic.h"
 #include "libavutil/internal.h"
 #include "libavutil/mem.h"
 #include "libavutil/opt.h"