diff --git a/run-command.h b/run-command.h
index 3932420ec8..9b7f38202c 100644
--- a/run-command.h
+++ b/run-command.h
@@ -1,9 +1,7 @@
 #ifndef RUN_COMMAND_H
 #define RUN_COMMAND_H
 
-#ifndef NO_PTHREADS
-#include <pthread.h>
-#endif
+#include "thread-utils.h"
 
 #include "argv-array.h"