diff --git a/drivers/i2c/muxes/i2c-mux-mlxcpld.c b/drivers/i2c/muxes/i2c-mux-mlxcpld.c
index b7ca249ec9c3..e53f2abd1350 100644
--- a/drivers/i2c/muxes/i2c-mux-mlxcpld.c
+++ b/drivers/i2c/muxes/i2c-mux-mlxcpld.c
@@ -40,7 +40,6 @@
 #include <linux/module.h>
 #include <linux/platform_device.h>
 #include <linux/slab.h>
-#include <linux/version.h>
 #include <linux/i2c/mlxcpld.h>
 
 #define CPLD_MUX_MAX_NCHANS	8