diff --git a/lib/private-libwebsockets.h b/lib/private-libwebsockets.h
index a43a207b..d41d0b19 100644
--- a/lib/private-libwebsockets.h
+++ b/lib/private-libwebsockets.h
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@
 #include <errno.h>
 #include <fcntl.h>
 #include <signal.h>
+#include <limits.h>
 #ifdef  __MINGW64__
 #else
 #ifdef  __MINGW32__
@@ -78,11 +79,6 @@
 #include <openssl/sha.h>
 #endif
 
-/* some Linux toolchains don't have this from the above, some do */
-#ifndef PATH_MAX
-#include <linux/limits.h>
-#endif
-
 #include "libwebsockets.h"
 
 extern void _lws_log(int filter, const char *format, ...);