diff --git a/src/tests/libxrpl/telemetry/TraceContextPropagator.cpp b/src/tests/libxrpl/telemetry/TraceContextPropagator.cpp
index fdc6c443cb..aa0bbf8903 100644
--- a/src/tests/libxrpl/telemetry/TraceContextPropagator.cpp
+++ b/src/tests/libxrpl/telemetry/TraceContextPropagator.cpp
@@ -17,8 +17,6 @@
 #include <opentelemetry/trace/trace_flags.h>
 #include <opentelemetry/trace/trace_id.h>
 
-#include <xrpl.pb.h>
-
 #include <cstdint>
 #include <cstring>