diff --git a/BUILD b/BUILD
index 1bca11e42997c..40ffb6b9ae056 100644
--- a/BUILD
+++ b/BUILD
@@ -2179,7 +2179,6 @@ grpc_cc_library(
         "grpc_base",
         "grpcpp_backend_metric_recorder",
         "protobuf_duration_upb",
-        "ref_counted_ptr",
         "xds_orca_service_upb",
         "xds_orca_upb",
         "//src/core:default_event_engine",
diff --git a/src/cpp/server/orca/orca_service.cc b/src/cpp/server/orca/orca_service.cc
index 583267bd20d82..1150df494d13a 100644
--- a/src/cpp/server/orca/orca_service.cc
+++ b/src/cpp/server/orca/orca_service.cc
@@ -49,7 +49,6 @@
 #include "src/core/lib/event_engine/default_event_engine.h"
 #include "src/core/lib/gprpp/debug_location.h"
 #include "src/core/lib/gprpp/ref_counted.h"
-#include "src/core/lib/gprpp/ref_counted_ptr.h"
 #include "src/core/lib/gprpp/time.h"
 #include "src/core/lib/iomgr/exec_ctx.h"
 #include "src/cpp/server/backend_metric_recorder.h"