diff --git a/src/cpp/common/channel_filter.h b/src/cpp/common/channel_filter.h
index 528e29b27fd7f9c994b1a8bf38d12d8c0774c3d8..ec2af63afd6f4775e125f5d6c16a7f8c74ba7d38 100644
--- a/src/cpp/common/channel_filter.h
+++ b/src/cpp/common/channel_filter.h
@@ -35,7 +35,6 @@
 #define GRPCXX_CHANNEL_FILTER_H
 
 #include <grpc++/impl/codegen/config.h>
-#include <grpc/census.h>
 #include <grpc/grpc.h>
 #include <grpc/impl/codegen/alloc.h>