diff --git a/src/libCom/os/WIN32/getLastWSAErrorAsString.c b/src/libCom/os/WIN32/getLastWSAErrorAsString.c
index 433c26a0d..4f493d58c 100644
--- a/src/libCom/os/WIN32/getLastWSAErrorAsString.c
+++ b/src/libCom/os/WIN32/getLastWSAErrorAsString.c
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@
 #include <winsock2.h>
 #include <ws2tcpip.h>
 #include <process.h>
-#include <mmsystem.h>
 
 /*
  * this does specify that winsock should be exported,