diff --git a/lib/bdev/bdev.c b/lib/bdev/bdev.c
index 84d0c47fe..022fe4222 100644
--- a/lib/bdev/bdev.c
+++ b/lib/bdev/bdev.c
@@ -38,7 +38,6 @@
 
 #include "spdk/config.h"
 #include "spdk/env.h"
-#include "spdk/event.h"
 #include "spdk/thread.h"
 #include "spdk/likely.h"
 #include "spdk/queue.h"