diff --git a/src/plugins/texteditor/syntaxhighlighter.h b/src/plugins/texteditor/syntaxhighlighter.h
index 6b07d333f33..13d595d82f4 100644
--- a/src/plugins/texteditor/syntaxhighlighter.h
+++ b/src/plugins/texteditor/syntaxhighlighter.h
@@ -8,8 +8,6 @@
 #include <texteditor/texteditorconstants.h>
 #include <texteditor/textdocumentlayout.h>
 
-#include <KSyntaxHighlighting/Definition>
-
 #include <QObject>
 #include <QTextLayout>