diff --git a/kernel/kexec.c b/kernel/kexec.c
index 0668d58d641..5e4bd7864c5 100644
--- a/kernel/kexec.c
+++ b/kernel/kexec.c
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@
 #include <linux/hardirq.h>
 #include <linux/elf.h>
 #include <linux/elfcore.h>
-#include <generated/utsrelease.h>
 #include <linux/utsname.h>
 #include <linux/numa.h>
 #include <linux/suspend.h>