diff --git a/contrib/freestanding_lib/freestanding.py b/contrib/freestanding_lib/freestanding.py
index 1971687214f..a191f592fa8 100755
--- a/contrib/freestanding_lib/freestanding.py
+++ b/contrib/freestanding_lib/freestanding.py
@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@
     "common/pool.h",
     "common/threading.c",
     "common/threading.h",
-    "common/zstd_trace.c",
     "common/zstd_trace.h",
     "compress/zstdmt_compress.h",
     "compress/zstdmt_compress.c",