diff --git a/mex_partition_compress.c b/mex_partition_compress.c
index 7040be51..f817a61e 100644
--- a/mex_partition_compress.c
+++ b/mex_partition_compress.c
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 #include <stddef.h>
-#include <string.h>
 
 #include <mex.h>