diff --git a/gtk2_ardour/application_bar.cc b/gtk2_ardour/application_bar.cc
index 208adc8362..213b4fe7a2 100644
--- a/gtk2_ardour/application_bar.cc
+++ b/gtk2_ardour/application_bar.cc
@@ -39,7 +39,6 @@
 #include "pbd/openuri.h"
 #include "pbd/types_convert.h"
 #include "pbd/file_utils.h"
-#include <pbd/localtime_r.h>
 #include "pbd/pthread_utils.h"
 #include "pbd/replace_all.h"
 #include "pbd/scoped_file_descriptor.h"