diff --git a/xbob/io/base/hdf5.cpp b/xbob/io/base/hdf5.cpp
index 4b84da7ebe9e2dc0d5750ab2252da8bd58fcacc0..f17b0830e319b03e354a22e6fd84759decb51d4a 100644
--- a/xbob/io/base/hdf5.cpp
+++ b/xbob/io/base/hdf5.cpp
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@
 #include <xbob.blitz/cleanup.h>
 #include <stdexcept>
 #include <cstring>
-#include "bobskin.h"
 
 #define HDF5FILE_NAME "HDF5File"
 PyDoc_STRVAR(s_hdf5file_str, XBOB_EXT_MODULE_PREFIX "." HDF5FILE_NAME);