diff --git a/lustre/mds/handler.c b/lustre/mds/handler.c
index c1aee175a5adc89aa0f756ebf3357c67416ff473..b985e6351762953c6214c6095e626320bd86803c 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>