diff --git a/types.cc b/types.cc
index ab9eb5cefa..28873b72f8 100644
--- a/types.cc
+++ b/types.cc
@@ -53,7 +53,6 @@
 #include "utils/utf8.hh"
 #include "utils/ascii.hh"
 #include "mutation_partition.hh"
-#include "compaction_garbage_collector.hh"
 
 #include "types/user.hh"
 #include "types/tuple.hh"