diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/ath9k_pci_owl_loader.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/ath9k_pci_owl_loader.c
index 159490f5a111..956fa7828d0c 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/ath9k_pci_owl_loader.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/ath9k_pci_owl_loader.c
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@
  * initialize the chip when the user-space is ready to extract the init code.
  */
 #include <linux/module.h>
-#include <linux/version.h>
 #include <linux/completion.h>
 #include <linux/etherdevice.h>
 #include <linux/firmware.h>