diff --git a/src/libCom/misc/shareLib.h b/src/libCom/misc/shareLib.h
index 7342a293d..4018f6bde 100644
--- a/src/libCom/misc/shareLib.h
+++ b/src/libCom/misc/shareLib.h
@@ -187,9 +187,3 @@
 #       endif
 #   endif /* ifndef __cplusplus */
 #endif /* ifdef INLINE_defs_EPICS */
-
-/*The following is so that shareLib does not get included recursively*/
-#ifndef epicsStdioh
-#include "epicsStdio.h"
-#endif
-