diff --git a/Modules/FindHDF5.cmake b/Modules/FindHDF5.cmake
index 7a1c252183..7c9664dd7d 100644
--- a/Modules/FindHDF5.cmake
+++ b/Modules/FindHDF5.cmake
@@ -206,7 +206,6 @@ function(_HDF5_test_regular_compiler_C success version is_parallel)
     set(test_file ${scratch_directory}/cmake_hdf5_test.c)
     file(WRITE ${test_file}
       "#include <hdf5.h>\n"
-      "#include <hdf5_hl.h>\n"
       "const char* info_ver = \"INFO\" \":\" H5_VERSION;\n"
       "#ifdef H5_HAVE_PARALLEL\n"
       "const char* info_parallel = \"INFO\" \":\" \"PARALLEL\";\n"