diff --git a/faiss/utils/distances_simd.cpp b/faiss/utils/distances_simd.cpp
index 2c73a6709..cfacc2d75 100644
--- a/faiss/utils/distances_simd.cpp
+++ b/faiss/utils/distances_simd.cpp
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@
 
 #include <faiss/utils/distances.h>
 
-#include <algorithm>
 #include <cmath>
 #include <cstdio>
 #include <cstring>