diff --git a/drivers/staging/vboxsf/vfsmod.h b/drivers/staging/vboxsf/vfsmod.h
index de650d65fbe42..18f95b00fc334 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/vboxsf/vfsmod.h
+++ b/drivers/staging/vboxsf/vfsmod.h
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@
 
 #include <linux/backing-dev.h>
 #include <linux/idr.h>
-#include <linux/version.h>
 #include "shfl_hostintf.h"
 
 #define DIR_BUFFER_SIZE SZ_16K