diff --git a/modules/rosapps/CMakeLists.txt b/modules/rosapps/CMakeLists.txt
index 649429e3dad..0849142464e 100644
--- a/modules/rosapps/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/modules/rosapps/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 add_subdirectory(applications)
 add_subdirectory(demos)
 add_subdirectory(drivers)
-add_subdirectory(include)
 add_subdirectory(lib)
 
 if(ENABLE_ROSAPPS_TEMPLATES)
diff --git a/modules/rosapps/include/CMakeLists.txt b/modules/rosapps/include/CMakeLists.txt
deleted file mode 100644
index 2c82e7c2ed5..00000000000
--- a/modules/rosapps/include/CMakeLists.txt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-add_subdirectory(vfd)
diff --git a/modules/rosapps/include/vfd/CMakeLists.txt b/modules/rosapps/include/vfd/CMakeLists.txt
deleted file mode 100644
index e69de29bb2d..00000000000