diff --git a/ssl/event_queue.c b/ssl/event_queue.c
index 49890a36b5..20f4020db5 100644
--- a/ssl/event_queue.c
+++ b/ssl/event_queue.c
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@
 
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #include "internal/event_queue.h"
-#include "crypto/sparse_array.h"
 #include "ssl_local.h"
 
 struct ossl_event_queue_st {