diff --git a/apps/app_skel.c b/apps/app_skel.c
index 35560251bf16db7046253bdb33b29d2a9cd8ca73..f78652c55a1b048e1921ec12e36844bd1a15e110 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";