diff --git a/src/quic/node_quic_http3_application.cc b/src/quic/node_quic_http3_application.cc
index 8c64e8c6163334..638830a99cefa1 100644
--- a/src/quic/node_quic_http3_application.cc
+++ b/src/quic/node_quic_http3_application.cc
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@
 #include <ngtcp2/ngtcp2.h>
 #include <nghttp3/nghttp3.h>
 #include <algorithm>
-#include <string>
 
 namespace node {
 
diff --git a/src/quic/node_quic_http3_application.h b/src/quic/node_quic_http3_application.h
index 1430b5f4f77054..aa5434f6cf30c9 100644
--- a/src/quic/node_quic_http3_application.h
+++ b/src/quic/node_quic_http3_application.h
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@
 #include <ngtcp2/ngtcp2.h>
 #include <nghttp3/nghttp3.h>
 
-#include <string>
 namespace node {
 
 namespace quic {