diff --git a/src/tar.c b/src/tar.c
index 2b201224..9de90990 100644
--- a/src/tar.c
+++ b/src/tar.c
@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@
 #define GLOBAL
 #include "common.h"
 
-#include "backupfile.h"
 #include "xstrtol.h"
 
 time_t get_date ();