diff --git a/ompi/communicator/comm_cid.c b/ompi/communicator/comm_cid.c
index 1789f714fc..e9c08d0c38 100644
--- a/ompi/communicator/comm_cid.c
+++ b/ompi/communicator/comm_cid.c
@@ -30,7 +30,6 @@
 #include "ompi_config.h"
 
 #include "opal/dss/dss.h"
-#include "opal/mca/pmix/pmix.h"
 
 #include "ompi/proc/proc.h"
 #include "ompi/communicator/communicator.h"