diff --git a/CMake/Platforms/WindowsCache.cmake b/CMake/Platforms/WindowsCache.cmake
index ad78f37c66..1203459a4f 100644
--- a/CMake/Platforms/WindowsCache.cmake
+++ b/CMake/Platforms/WindowsCache.cmake
@@ -108,7 +108,6 @@ set(HAVE_GETHOSTNAME 1)
 set(HAVE_RECV 1)
 set(HAVE_SEND 1)
 set(HAVE_STROPTS_H 0)
-set(HAVE_SYS_XATTR_H 0)
 set(HAVE_ARC4RANDOM 0)
 set(HAVE_FNMATCH 0)
 set(HAVE_SCHED_YIELD 0)
diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 8b88699fe6..2edb8d0988 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1541,7 +1541,6 @@ check_include_file_concat_curl("sys/time.h"       HAVE_SYS_TIME_H)
 check_include_file_concat_curl("sys/types.h"      HAVE_SYS_TYPES_H)
 check_include_file("sys/un.h"         HAVE_SYS_UN_H)
 check_include_file_concat_curl("sys/utime.h"      HAVE_SYS_UTIME_H)  # sys/types.h (AmigaOS)
-check_include_file("sys/xattr.h"      HAVE_SYS_XATTR_H)
 
 check_include_file_concat_curl("arpa/inet.h"      HAVE_ARPA_INET_H)
 check_include_file("dirent.h"         HAVE_DIRENT_H)