diff --git a/compiler/cheaders.v b/compiler/cheaders.v
index 8ac536a702..d075e3d2d0 100644
--- a/compiler/cheaders.v
+++ b/compiler/cheaders.v
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ CommonCHeaders = '
 #include <ctype.h>
 #include <locale.h> // tolower
 #include <sys/time.h>
+#include <unistd.h> // sleep	
 #endif
 
 #ifdef __APPLE__
diff --git a/vlib/time/time.v b/vlib/time/time.v
index a22c5222b9..18ae0d48c7 100644
--- a/vlib/time/time.v
+++ b/vlib/time/time.v
@@ -12,12 +12,6 @@ const (
 
 #include <time.h>
 
-$if !windows {
-#include <unistd.h> // sleep	
-//#include <sys/wait.h>
-/// ^^^^ including this makes the windows build fail.
-}
-
 struct Time {
 pub:
 	year   int