diff --git a/src/mongo/db/fts/unicode/byte_vector.h b/src/mongo/db/fts/unicode/byte_vector.h
index 2404e15dfd..d361a857ff 100644
--- a/src/mongo/db/fts/unicode/byte_vector.h
+++ b/src/mongo/db/fts/unicode/byte_vector.h
@@ -33,8 +33,6 @@
 // TODO replace this with #if BOOST_HW_SIMD_X86 >= BOOST_HW_SIMD_X86_SSE2_VERSION in boost 1.60
 #if defined(_M_AMD64) || defined(__amd64__)
 #include "mongo/db/fts/unicode/byte_vector_sse2.h"
-#elif defined(__powerpc64__)
-#include "mongo/db/fts/unicode/byte_vector_altivec.h"
 #else  // Other platforms go above here.
 #undef MONGO_HAVE_FAST_BYTE_VECTOR
 #endif