diff --git a/libavformat/avi.h b/libavformat/avi.h
index 2c360689bf..3d3dd549ff 100644
--- a/libavformat/avi.h
+++ b/libavformat/avi.h
@@ -21,8 +21,6 @@
 #ifndef FFMPEG_AVI_H
 #define FFMPEG_AVI_H
 
-#include "avcodec.h"
-
 #define AVIF_HASINDEX           0x00000010        // Index at end of file?
 #define AVIF_MUSTUSEINDEX       0x00000020
 #define AVIF_ISINTERLEAVED      0x00000100