diff --git a/components/mdns/private_include/mdns_networking.h b/components/mdns/private_include/mdns_networking.h
index 12316f9ed..5a8156af9 100644
--- a/components/mdns/private_include/mdns_networking.h
+++ b/components/mdns/private_include/mdns_networking.h
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@
 #include "lwip/priv/tcpip_priv.h"
 #include "esp_wifi.h"
 #include "esp_system.h"
-#include "esp_timer.h"
 #include "esp_event.h"
 #if CONFIG_ETH_ENABLED
 #include "esp_eth.h"
diff --git a/components/mdns/private_include/mdns_private.h b/components/mdns/private_include/mdns_private.h
index 3fa57e597..60dfeb4ee 100644
--- a/components/mdns/private_include/mdns_private.h
+++ b/components/mdns/private_include/mdns_private.h
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 
 #include "esp_event_base.h"
 #include "esp_task.h"
+#include "esp_timer.h"
 
 //#define MDNS_ENABLE_DEBUG