diff --git a/src/rgw/rgw_acl.cc b/src/rgw/rgw_acl.cc
index 8c0066ec326..ef2cb319cf1 100644
--- a/src/rgw/rgw_acl.cc
+++ b/src/rgw/rgw_acl.cc
@@ -13,8 +13,6 @@
 #include "rgw_acl.h"
 #include "rgw_user.h"
 
-#include "rgw_acl_s3.h" // required for backward compatibility
-
 #define dout_subsys ceph_subsys_rgw
 
 using namespace std;