diff --git a/daemon/libnetwork/ns/init_windows.go b/daemon/libnetwork/ns/init_windows.go
deleted file mode 100644
index f5838f81dd..0000000000
--- a/daemon/libnetwork/ns/init_windows.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-package ns
-
-// File is present so that go build ./... is closer to working on Windows from repo root.