diff --git a/drivers/veml6070/veml6070.c b/drivers/veml6070/veml6070.c
index 599ee8f3b7..8f69c64a6b 100644
--- a/drivers/veml6070/veml6070.c
+++ b/drivers/veml6070/veml6070.c
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@
 #include "veml6070.h"
 #include "veml6070_params.h"
 #include "periph/i2c.h"
-#include "xtimer.h"
 
 #define ENABLE_DEBUG        0
 #include "debug.h"
diff --git a/drivers/veml6070/veml6070_saul.c b/drivers/veml6070/veml6070_saul.c
index ce7477b833..ab6e6ec000 100644
--- a/drivers/veml6070/veml6070_saul.c
+++ b/drivers/veml6070/veml6070_saul.c
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@
 
 #include "saul.h"
 #include "veml6070.h"
-#include "xtimer.h"
 
 static int read_uv(const void *dev, phydat_t *res)
 {