diff --git a/src/core/lib/surface/lame_client.cc b/src/core/lib/surface/lame_client.cc
index 7a64726edb21a8d9729f3d3b2ec33ac147187019..88f4eaac08f6a3e17879c0c6c81df3e39ad49c81 100644
--- a/src/core/lib/surface/lame_client.cc
+++ b/src/core/lib/surface/lame_client.cc
@@ -34,7 +34,6 @@
 #include <grpc/grpc.h>
 
 #include <string.h>
-#include <atomic>
 
 #include <grpc/support/alloc.h>
 #include <grpc/support/log.h>