diff --git a/libavcodec/mjpegenc_huffman.c b/libavcodec/mjpegenc_huffman.c
index a5d7d5365b..e1d300b77d 100644
--- a/libavcodec/mjpegenc_huffman.c
+++ b/libavcodec/mjpegenc_huffman.c
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@
 
 #include <string.h>
 #include <stdint.h>
-#include <assert.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #include "libavutil/common.h"
 #include "libavutil/error.h"