diff --git a/gst/playback/gstsubtitleoverlay.c b/gst/playback/gstsubtitleoverlay.c
index 4b7c178a35..213aeb9992 100644
--- a/gst/playback/gstsubtitleoverlay.c
+++ b/gst/playback/gstsubtitleoverlay.c
@@ -40,7 +40,6 @@
 
 #include "gstsubtitleoverlay.h"
 
-#include <gst/gstfilter.h>
 #include <gst/pbutils/missing-plugins.h>
 #include <gst/video/video.h>
 #include <string.h>