diff --git a/kernel/rcu/tree.c b/kernel/rcu/tree.c
index 96848fc1f02b..338737b9781c 100644
--- a/kernel/rcu/tree.c
+++ b/kernel/rcu/tree.c
@@ -64,7 +64,6 @@
 #include <linux/mm.h>
 #include <linux/kasan.h>
 #include <linux/context_tracking.h>
-#include "../time/tick-internal.h"
 
 #include "tree.h"
 #include "rcu.h"