diff --git a/mlx/distributed/distributed.cpp b/mlx/distributed/distributed.cpp
index b299b1b9d..f791ee29e 100644
--- a/mlx/distributed/distributed.cpp
+++ b/mlx/distributed/distributed.cpp
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
 
 #include <unordered_map>
 
-#include <iostream>
 #include "mlx/distributed/distributed.h"
 #include "mlx/distributed/distributed_impl.h"
 #include "mlx/distributed/mpi/mpi.h"