diff --git a/src/actions/create.cpp b/src/actions/create.cpp
index e4fba1233e9..2a491746031 100644
--- a/src/actions/create.cpp
+++ b/src/actions/create.cpp
@@ -51,8 +51,6 @@
 #include "variable.hpp"
 #include "whiteboard/manager.hpp"
 
-#include "utils/functional.hpp"
-
 #include <boost/scoped_ptr.hpp>
 
 static lg::log_domain log_engine("engine");