diff --git a/apps/app_skel.c b/apps/app_skel.c
index 35560251bf..f78652c55a 100755
--- a/apps/app_skel.c
+++ b/apps/app_skel.c
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #include <unistd.h>
 #include <string.h>
-#include <stdlib.h>
 #include <pthread.h>
 
 static char *tdesc = "Trivial skeleton Application";