diff --git a/src/modules/commander/CMakeLists.txt b/src/modules/commander/CMakeLists.txt
index 0c9d292462..44d84bca1c 100644
--- a/src/modules/commander/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/modules/commander/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -37,9 +37,6 @@ px4_add_module(
 	STACK_MAX 2450
 	COMPILE_FLAGS
 		-Wno-sign-compare # TODO: fix all sign-compare
-	INCLUDES
-		# required because of nested includes in mavlink_main.h
-		${PX4_SOURCE_DIR}/mavlink/include/mavlink
 	SRCS
 		commander.cpp
 		state_machine_helper.cpp