diff --git a/core/include/mutex.h b/core/include/mutex.h
index 9f19967d06..01b43c063c 100644
--- a/core/include/mutex.h
+++ b/core/include/mutex.h
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@
 #include <stddef.h>
 
 #include "list.h"
-#include "atomic.h"
 
 #ifdef __cplusplus
  extern "C" {