diff --git a/newlib/ChangeLog b/newlib/ChangeLog
index 25d9c5df8..7d24380eb 100644
--- a/newlib/ChangeLog
+++ b/newlib/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2010-12-08  Corinna Vinschen  <corinna@vinschen.de>
+
+	* libc/include/strings.h: Don't include locale.h.
+
 2010-12-07  Eric Blake  <eblake@redhat.com>
 
 	* libc/include/strings.h: Don't declare removed functions when
diff --git a/newlib/libc/include/strings.h b/newlib/libc/include/strings.h
index 5ed846f5c..131d81d20 100644
--- a/newlib/libc/include/strings.h
+++ b/newlib/libc/include/strings.h
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@
 #include <sys/reent.h>
 
 #include <sys/types.h> /* for size_t */
-#include <locale.h> /* for locale_t */
 
 _BEGIN_STD_C