diff --git a/pkg/libcoap/Makefile.include b/pkg/libcoap/Makefile.include
index 0fbf281463..1d16e598b5 100644
--- a/pkg/libcoap/Makefile.include
+++ b/pkg/libcoap/Makefile.include
@@ -1 +1 @@
-INCLUDES += -I $(RIOTBASE)/pkg/libcoap/include
+INCLUDES += -I $(RIOTBASE)/pkg/libcoap/libcoap
diff --git a/pkg/libcoap/include/coap.h b/pkg/libcoap/include/coap.h
deleted file mode 100644
index b61cbd780f..0000000000
--- a/pkg/libcoap/include/coap.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-#include "../libcoap/coap.h"