diff --git a/projects/rocr-runtime/runtime/hsa-runtime/core/util/atomic_helpers.h b/projects/rocr-runtime/runtime/hsa-runtime/core/util/atomic_helpers.h
index 89cef6a638..03884db8d6 100644
--- a/projects/rocr-runtime/runtime/hsa-runtime/core/util/atomic_helpers.h
+++ b/projects/rocr-runtime/runtime/hsa-runtime/core/util/atomic_helpers.h
@@ -49,7 +49,6 @@
 #define HSA_RUNTIME_CORE_UTIL_ATOMIC_HELPERS_H_
 
 #include <atomic>
-#include "utils.h"
 
 //ALWAYS_CONSERVATIVE will very likely overfence your code.
 //For use as a debugging aid only.