diff --git a/cpukit/score/include/rtems/score/basedefs.h b/cpukit/score/include/rtems/score/basedefs.h
index 069d6a98f3..4e48d226e8 100644
--- a/cpukit/score/include/rtems/score/basedefs.h
+++ b/cpukit/score/include/rtems/score/basedefs.h
@@ -33,13 +33,6 @@
   #include <stddef.h>
   #include <stdbool.h>
   #include <stdint.h>
-
-  /*
-   * FIXME: This include should not be present.  In older RTEMS versions
-   * <rtems.h> provided <string.h> indirectly.  This include is here to not
-   * break application source files that relied on this accidentally.
-   */
-  #include <string.h>
 #endif
 
 #ifndef TRUE