diff --git a/modules/viz/include/opencv2/viz/widgets.hpp b/modules/viz/include/opencv2/viz/widgets.hpp
index fb2d6ca349..f96d0e6102 100644
--- a/modules/viz/include/opencv2/viz/widgets.hpp
+++ b/modules/viz/include/opencv2/viz/widgets.hpp
@@ -1,8 +1,6 @@
 #pragma once
 
 #include <opencv2/viz/types.hpp>
-#include <common.h>
-
 
 namespace cv
 {