diff --git a/orte/mca/grpcomm/base/grpcomm_base_allgather.c b/orte/mca/grpcomm/base/grpcomm_base_allgather.c
index 475f62cb10..d7dcad58b4 100644
--- a/orte/mca/grpcomm/base/grpcomm_base_allgather.c
+++ b/orte/mca/grpcomm/base/grpcomm_base_allgather.c
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@
 #ifdef HAVE_SYS_TIME_H
 #include <sys/time.h>
 #endif  /* HAVE_SYS_TIME_H */
-#include <zlib.h>
 
 #include "opal/threads/condition.h"
 #include "orte/util/output.h"