diff --git a/drivers/staging/iio/light/tsl2x7x_core.c b/drivers/staging/iio/light/tsl2x7x_core.c
index c3b05a1b3ea8..040da4acc66e 100755
--- a/drivers/staging/iio/light/tsl2x7x_core.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/iio/light/tsl2x7x_core.c
@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@
 #include <linux/interrupt.h>
 #include <linux/slab.h>
 #include <linux/module.h>
-#include <linux/version.h>
 #include <linux/iio/events.h>
 #include <linux/iio/iio.h>
 #include <linux/iio/sysfs.h>