diff --git a/src/dwarfs/inode_manager.cpp b/src/dwarfs/inode_manager.cpp
index e5782b36..fbfe5ece 100644
--- a/src/dwarfs/inode_manager.cpp
+++ b/src/dwarfs/inode_manager.cpp
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@
 #include <cstdlib>
 #include <cstring>
 #include <deque>
-#include <fstream>
 #include <limits>
 #include <numeric>
 #include <ostream>