diff --git a/include/amqpcpp.h b/include/amqpcpp.h
index 9d0e5a7..39ec8f5 100644
--- a/include/amqpcpp.h
+++ b/include/amqpcpp.h
@@ -80,6 +80,3 @@
 #include "amqpcpp/connectionimpl.h"
 #include "amqpcpp/connection.h"
 
-// tcp level includes
-#include "amqpcpp/linux_tcp.h"
-