diff --git a/cpukit/score/include/rtems/score/basedefs.h b/cpukit/score/include/rtems/score/basedefs.h
index 4994579e48..069d6a98f3 100644
--- a/cpukit/score/include/rtems/score/basedefs.h
+++ b/cpukit/score/include/rtems/score/basedefs.h
@@ -34,13 +34,6 @@
   #include <stdbool.h>
   #include <stdint.h>
 
-  /*
-   * FIXME: This include should not be present.  In older RTEMS versions
-   * <rtems.h> provided <limits.h> indirectly.  This include is here to not
-   * break application source files that relied on this accidentally.
-   */
-  #include <limits.h>
-
   /*
    * FIXME: This include should not be present.  In older RTEMS versions
    * <rtems.h> provided <string.h> indirectly.  This include is here to not