diff --git a/src/msw/textctrl.cpp b/src/msw/textctrl.cpp
index 0676f10f0d..2c6c414c11 100644
--- a/src/msw/textctrl.cpp
+++ b/src/msw/textctrl.cpp
@@ -54,12 +54,6 @@
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #include <sys/types.h>
 
-#if wxUSE_IOSTREAMH
-#   include <fstream.h>
-#else
-#   include <fstream>
-#endif
-
 #if wxUSE_RICHEDIT && (!defined(__GNUWIN32_OLD__) || defined(__CYGWIN10__))
     #include <richedit.h>
 #endif