diff --git a/compel/include/compiler.h b/compel/include/compiler.h
deleted file mode 120000
index ef56d20f6..000000000
--- a/compel/include/compiler.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-../../criu/include/compiler.h
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/compel/include/piegen.h b/compel/include/piegen.h
index f1ed2e13d..9789fa0a0 100644
--- a/compel/include/piegen.h
+++ b/compel/include/piegen.h
@@ -5,7 +5,8 @@
 #include <unistd.h>
 
 #include <elf.h>
-#include "compiler.h"
+
+#include "common/compiler.h"
 
 typedef struct {
 	char		*input_filename;
diff --git a/compel/plugins/fds/fds.c b/compel/plugins/fds/fds.c
index fa739058f..a7966e5de 100644
--- a/compel/plugins/fds/fds.c
+++ b/compel/plugins/fds/fds.c
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 
 #include "std-priv.h"
 
-#include "compiler.h"
+#include "common/compiler.h"
 
 #define __sys(foo)	sys_##foo
 #define __std(foo)	std_##foo