diff --git a/components/esm/esm_reader.hpp b/components/esm/esm_reader.hpp
index c369f01f5..13f1f4a01 100644
--- a/components/esm/esm_reader.hpp
+++ b/components/esm/esm_reader.hpp
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@
 #include <cassert>
 #include <vector>
 #include <sstream>
-#include <stdexcept>
 
 #include <OgreDataStream.h>