diff --git a/drivers/staging/wilc1000/linux_mon.c b/drivers/staging/wilc1000/linux_mon.c
index 6347471d3c07..7d9e5ded8ff4 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/wilc1000/linux_mon.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/wilc1000/linux_mon.c
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@
  *  @version	1.0
  */
 #include "wilc_wfi_cfgoperations.h"
-#include "linux_wlan_common.h"
 #include "wilc_wlan_if.h"
 #include "wilc_wlan.h"
 
diff --git a/drivers/staging/wilc1000/linux_wlan.c b/drivers/staging/wilc1000/linux_wlan.c
index 912e8eccd3b7..eafde6f94085 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/wilc1000/linux_wlan.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/wilc1000/linux_wlan.c
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 #include "wilc_wfi_cfgoperations.h"
-#include "linux_wlan_common.h"
 #include "wilc_wlan_if.h"
 #include "wilc_wlan.h"
 
diff --git a/drivers/staging/wilc1000/linux_wlan_common.h b/drivers/staging/wilc1000/linux_wlan_common.h
deleted file mode 100644
index 18d902b23062..000000000000
--- a/drivers/staging/wilc1000/linux_wlan_common.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-#ifndef LINUX_WLAN_COMMON_H
-#define LINUX_WLAN_COMMON_H
-#endif
diff --git a/drivers/staging/wilc1000/wilc_msgqueue.c b/drivers/staging/wilc1000/wilc_msgqueue.c
index 780ddd3aa05d..6cb894e58f6d 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/wilc1000/wilc_msgqueue.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/wilc1000/wilc_msgqueue.c
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 
 #include "wilc_msgqueue.h"
 #include <linux/spinlock.h>
-#include "linux_wlan_common.h"
 #include <linux/errno.h>
 #include <linux/slab.h>
 
diff --git a/drivers/staging/wilc1000/wilc_spi.c b/drivers/staging/wilc1000/wilc_spi.c
index b55a0c3f6981..eb1e76d2795b 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/wilc1000/wilc_spi.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/wilc1000/wilc_spi.c
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@
 #include <linux/spi/spi.h>
 #include <linux/of_gpio.h>
 
-#include "linux_wlan_common.h"
 #include <linux/string.h>
 #include "wilc_wlan_if.h"
 #include "wilc_wlan.h"
diff --git a/drivers/staging/wilc1000/wilc_wlan_if.h b/drivers/staging/wilc1000/wilc_wlan_if.h
index c33f7a625db8..fbe34eb1b48c 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/wilc1000/wilc_wlan_if.h
+++ b/drivers/staging/wilc1000/wilc_wlan_if.h
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@
 #define WILC_WLAN_IF_H
 
 #include <linux/semaphore.h>
-#include "linux_wlan_common.h"
 #include <linux/netdevice.h>
 
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