diff --git a/include/linux/signal.h b/include/linux/signal.h
index 3f96a6374e4f14..37f5080c070a55 100644
--- a/include/linux/signal.h
+++ b/include/linux/signal.h
@@ -126,7 +126,6 @@ static inline int sigequalsets(const sigset_t *set1, const sigset_t *set2)
 #define sigmask(sig)	(1UL << ((sig) - 1))
 
 #ifndef __HAVE_ARCH_SIG_SETOPS
-#include <linux/string.h>
 
 #define _SIG_SET_BINOP(name, op)					\
 static inline void name(sigset_t *r, const sigset_t *a, const sigset_t *b) \