diff --git a/include/stdex/string.hpp b/include/stdex/string.hpp
index abe18d24e..877dd4dfd 100644
--- a/include/stdex/string.hpp
+++ b/include/stdex/string.hpp
@@ -13,9 +13,7 @@
 #include <stdint.h>
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <time.h>
-#if defined(_WIN32)
-#include "windows.h"
-#elif defined(__APPLE__)
+#if defined(__APPLE__)
 #include <xlocale.h>
 #endif
 #include <algorithm>