diff --git a/cpu/stm32/periph/usbdev_fs.c b/cpu/stm32/periph/usbdev_fs.c
index 2727ab86d6..38477a5fc0 100644
--- a/cpu/stm32/periph/usbdev_fs.c
+++ b/cpu/stm32/periph/usbdev_fs.c
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@
 #include <errno.h>
 
 #include "bitarithm.h"
-#include "xtimer.h"
 #include "cpu.h"
 #include "cpu_conf.h"
 #include "periph/pm.h"