diff --git a/cpp/mrc/benchmarks/bench_baselines.cpp b/cpp/mrc/benchmarks/bench_baselines.cpp
index c40a9a78c..6d9b737b9 100644
--- a/cpp/mrc/benchmarks/bench_baselines.cpp
+++ b/cpp/mrc/benchmarks/bench_baselines.cpp
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@
 #include "mrc/benchmarking/util.hpp"
 
 #include <benchmark/benchmark.h>
-#include <nlohmann/json.hpp>
 #include <rxcpp/rx.hpp>
 
 #include <chrono>