diff --git a/src/core/ext/census/tracing.c b/src/core/ext/census/tracing.c
index 543a73c5ad4fa76648317c60dc819dc6086e51e1..823c681abf32b9a55cb4297ef0f7d340b25ed59b 100644
--- a/src/core/ext/census/tracing.c
+++ b/src/core/ext/census/tracing.c
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@
 #include <grpc/census.h>
 #include <grpc/support/alloc.h>
 #include <grpc/support/log.h>
-#include <openssl/rand.h>
 #include "src/core/ext/census/mlog.h"
 
 void trace_start_span(const trace_span_context *span_ctxt,