diff --git a/include/fluent-bit/flb_async_timer.h b/include/fluent-bit/flb_async_timer.h
index 16ad39723f2..81cb2374773 100644
--- a/include/fluent-bit/flb_async_timer.h
+++ b/include/fluent-bit/flb_async_timer.h
@@ -29,7 +29,6 @@
 #endif
 
 #include <fluent-bit/flb_scheduler.h>
-#include <fluent-bit/flb_async_timer.h>
 #include <fluent-bit/flb_thread_pool.h>
 #include <fluent-bit/flb_output_thread.h>
 
diff --git a/src/flb_async_timer.c b/src/flb_async_timer.c
index 413955b0d87..f850dd9458f 100644
--- a/src/flb_async_timer.c
+++ b/src/flb_async_timer.c
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@
 
 #include <fluent-bit/flb_coro.h>
 #include <fluent-bit/flb_thread_pool.h>
-#include <fluent-bit/flb_output_thread.h>
 #include <fluent-bit/flb_async_timer.h>
 #include <fluent-bit/flb_scheduler.h>