diff --git a/core/assert.c b/core/assert.c
index 882780c0d9..35c9d5359e 100644
--- a/core/assert.c
+++ b/core/assert.c
@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@
  * @author  Martine Lenders <mlenders@inf.fu-berlin.de>
  */
 
+#include <stdio.h>
+
 #include "assert.h"
 
 #ifdef DEBUG_ASSERT_VERBOSE
diff --git a/core/include/assert.h b/core/include/assert.h
index daa1cc51ce..9566a493af 100644
--- a/core/include/assert.h
+++ b/core/include/assert.h
@@ -54,8 +54,6 @@ extern const char assert_crash_message[];
 #ifdef NDEBUG
 #define assert(ignore)((void) 0)
 #elif defined(DEBUG_ASSERT_VERBOSE)
-#include <stdio.h>
-
 /**
  * @brief   Function to handle failed assertion
  *