diff --git a/src/protocol/keyexpr.c b/src/protocol/keyexpr.c
index 4a845d867..28910e29e 100644
--- a/src/protocol/keyexpr.c
+++ b/src/protocol/keyexpr.c
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@
 #include <assert.h>
 #include <stdbool.h>
 #include <stddef.h>
-#include <stdio.h>
 #include <string.h>
 
 #include "zenoh-pico/protocol/core.h"