diff --git a/backends/trtllm/include/backend.h b/backends/trtllm/include/backend.h
index 1823ddf9..12347ef4 100644
--- a/backends/trtllm/include/backend.h
+++ b/backends/trtllm/include/backend.h
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@
 #include <span>
 #include <vector>
 
-#include <spdlog/fmt/fmt.h>
 #include <nlohmann/json.hpp>
 
 #include <tensorrt_llm/runtime/common.h>
diff --git a/backends/trtllm/lib/backend.cpp b/backends/trtllm/lib/backend.cpp
index ce778bb2..b7a0bb4e 100644
--- a/backends/trtllm/lib/backend.cpp
+++ b/backends/trtllm/lib/backend.cpp
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 #include <fstream>
 
 #include <nvml.h>
+#include "fmt/format.h"
 #include <spdlog/spdlog.h>
 
 #include "backend.h"