diff --git a/builtin/stash.c b/builtin/stash.c
index dbaa999cf1..cfbd92852a 100644
--- a/builtin/stash.c
+++ b/builtin/stash.c
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@
 #include "lockfile.h"
 #include "cache-tree.h"
 #include "unpack-trees.h"
-#include "merge-recursive.h"
 #include "merge-ort-wrappers.h"
 #include "strvec.h"
 #include "run-command.h"