diff --git a/selfdrive/boardd/boardd.cc b/selfdrive/boardd/boardd.cc
index 15711f4b1..117dacf4c 100644
--- a/selfdrive/boardd/boardd.cc
+++ b/selfdrive/boardd/boardd.cc
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@
 #include <signal.h>
 #include <unistd.h>
 #include <sched.h>
-#include <string.h>
 #include <sys/cdefs.h>
 #include <sys/types.h>
 #include <sys/time.h>