diff --git a/lustre/mds/handler.c b/lustre/mds/handler.c
index 75e9f8fba6bacf14914f28fc8514eb3082888e60..cb20435c99ad35f711fc1929aabfa0a8529d6692 100644
--- a/lustre/mds/handler.c
+++ b/lustre/mds/handler.c
@@ -40,7 +40,6 @@
 #include <linux/random.h>
 #include <linux/fs.h>
 #include <linux/jbd.h>
-#include <linux/ext3_fs.h>
 #if (LINUX_VERSION_CODE >= KERNEL_VERSION(2,5,0))
 # include <linux/smp_lock.h>
 # include <linux/buffer_head.h>