diff --git a/plugins/inputs/fail2ban/fail2ban.go b/plugins/inputs/fail2ban/fail2ban.go
index 8ecad3b52..54655357f 100644
--- a/plugins/inputs/fail2ban/fail2ban.go
+++ b/plugins/inputs/fail2ban/fail2ban.go
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-// +build linux
-
 package fail2ban
 
 import (
diff --git a/plugins/inputs/fail2ban/fail2ban_nolinux.go b/plugins/inputs/fail2ban/fail2ban_nolinux.go
deleted file mode 100644
index e62efa5b1..000000000
--- a/plugins/inputs/fail2ban/fail2ban_nolinux.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-// +build !linux
-
-package fail2ban