diff --git a/modules/gui/qt4/components/extended_panels.cpp b/modules/gui/qt4/components/extended_panels.cpp
index 5851b3b6a414a592a182e1b8e4aa287b8de491c9..4ebd97643a10b3fe0509d5caf33d44cb84396231 100644
--- a/modules/gui/qt4/components/extended_panels.cpp
+++ b/modules/gui/qt4/components/extended_panels.cpp
@@ -37,7 +37,6 @@
 #include <vlc_aout.h>
 #include <vlc_intf_strings.h>
 #include <vlc_vout.h>
-#include <assert.h>
 
 class ConfClickHandler : public QObject
 {