diff --git a/googletest/src/gtest.cc b/googletest/src/gtest.cc
index 72827195..5e94c215 100644
--- a/googletest/src/gtest.cc
+++ b/googletest/src/gtest.cc
@@ -86,7 +86,6 @@
 
 #ifdef _MSC_VER
 # include <crtdbg.h>  // NOLINT
-# include <debugapi.h>  // NOLINT
 #endif
 
 # include <io.h>  // NOLINT