diff --git a/drivers/staging/iio/Documentation/lis3l02dqbuffersimple.c b/drivers/staging/iio/Documentation/lis3l02dqbuffersimple.c
index 2b5cfc58d78d..6a8fa0c9372e 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/iio/Documentation/lis3l02dqbuffersimple.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/iio/Documentation/lis3l02dqbuffersimple.c
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@
 #include <sys/dir.h>
 
 #include <linux/types.h>
-#include <dirent.h>
 #include "iio_util.h"
 
 static const char *ring_access = "/dev/iio/lis3l02dq_ring_access";