diff --git a/Externals/soundtouch/assert.h b/Externals/soundtouch/assert.h
deleted file mode 100644
index 802c963e9d..0000000000
--- a/Externals/soundtouch/assert.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,41 +0,0 @@
-//
-// assert.h
-//
-//      Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
-//
-// Defines the assert macro and related functionality.
-//
-#if defined _VCRT_BUILD && !defined _ASSERT_OK
-#error assert.h not for CRT internal use
-#endif
-
-#include <corecrt.h>
-
-_CRT_BEGIN_C_HEADER
-
-
-
-#undef assert
-
-#ifdef NDEBUG
-
-#define assert(expression) ((void)0)
-
-#else
-
-_ACRTIMP void __cdecl _wassert(
-  _In_z_ wchar_t const* _Message,
-  _In_z_ wchar_t const* _File,
-  _In_   unsigned       _Line
-);
-
-#define assert(expression) (void)(                                                       \
-            (!!(expression)) ||                                                              \
-            (_wassert(_CRT_WIDE(#expression), _CRT_WIDE(__FILE__), (unsigned)(__LINE__)), 0) \
-        )
-
-#endif
-
-
-
-_CRT_END_C_HEADER
diff --git a/Source/Core/Core/CMakeLists.txt b/Source/Core/Core/CMakeLists.txt
index aeff8f49d5..c86ac6e159 100644
--- a/Source/Core/Core/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/Source/Core/Core/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -564,7 +564,6 @@ endif()
 
 target_include_directories(core PUBLIC
   ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/../Core
-  ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/../Common
 )
 target_link_libraries(core
 PUBLIC