diff --git a/src/lib/base/Unicode.cpp b/src/lib/base/Unicode.cpp
index 05181bd6c..c7115f2f7 100644
--- a/src/lib/base/Unicode.cpp
+++ b/src/lib/base/Unicode.cpp
@@ -8,8 +8,6 @@
 #include "base/Unicode.h"
 #include "arch/Arch.h"
 
-#include <cstring>
-
 //
 // local utility functions
 //