diff --git a/src/plugins/texteditor/syntaxhighlighterrunner.h b/src/plugins/texteditor/syntaxhighlighterrunner.h
index 714b0b099c4..e7c8001af2f 100644
--- a/src/plugins/texteditor/syntaxhighlighterrunner.h
+++ b/src/plugins/texteditor/syntaxhighlighterrunner.h
@@ -7,8 +7,6 @@
 #include <texteditor/syntaxhighlighter.h>
 #include <texteditor/texteditorsettings.h>
 
-#include <KSyntaxHighlighting/Definition>
-
 #include <QObject>
 #include <QPointer>