diff --git a/Include/compile.h b/Include/compile.h
index 01ba25c6e02..0cc228ce5c5 100644
--- a/Include/compile.h
+++ b/Include/compile.h
@@ -1,6 +1,3 @@
-#ifndef Py_CODE_H
-#include "code.h"
-#endif
 
 #ifndef Py_COMPILE_H
 #define Py_COMPILE_H
@@ -8,6 +5,8 @@
 extern "C" {
 #endif
 
+#include "code.h"
+
 /* Public interface */
 struct _node; /* Declare the existence of this type */
 PyAPI_FUNC(PyCodeObject *) PyNode_Compile(struct _node *, const char *);