diff --git a/scripts/target/mame/mess.lua b/scripts/target/mame/mess.lua
index f3ea8718166..b5e3df94aef 100644
--- a/scripts/target/mame/mess.lua
+++ b/scripts/target/mame/mess.lua
@@ -1699,7 +1699,6 @@ createMESSProjects(_target, _subtarget, "fidelity")
 files {
 	MAME_DIR .. "src/mame/drivers/csc.cpp",
 	MAME_DIR .. "src/mame/drivers/fidelz80.cpp",
-	MAME_DIR .. "src/mame/includes/fidelz80.h",
 }
 
 createMESSProjects(_target, _subtarget, "force")
diff --git a/src/mame/drivers/fidelz80.cpp b/src/mame/drivers/fidelz80.cpp
index 2658c910cf9..a57e46a1442 100644
--- a/src/mame/drivers/fidelz80.cpp
+++ b/src/mame/drivers/fidelz80.cpp
@@ -591,7 +591,6 @@ expect that the software reads these once on startup only.
 #include "machine/z80pio.h"
 #include "sound/beep.h"
 #include "sound/s14001a.h"
-#include "includes/fidelz80.h"
 
 // internal artwork
 #include "fidelz80.lh"
diff --git a/src/mame/includes/fidelz80.h b/src/mame/includes/fidelz80.h
deleted file mode 100644
index 8b1a393741c..00000000000
--- a/src/mame/includes/fidelz80.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-// empty