diff --git a/src/interface/interface_backend_netcf.c b/src/interface/interface_backend_netcf.c
index d625964421..90514692e2 100644
--- a/src/interface/interface_backend_netcf.c
+++ b/src/interface/interface_backend_netcf.c
@@ -29,9 +29,7 @@
 #include "interface_conf.h"
 #include "viralloc.h"
 #include "virlog.h"
-#include "virfile.h"
 #include "virpidfile.h"
-#include "virstring.h"
 #include "viraccessapicheck.h"
 #include "virinterfaceobj.h"
 #include "virutil.h"
diff --git a/src/interface/interface_backend_udev.c b/src/interface/interface_backend_udev.c
index 8c417714e5..32318d8d50 100644
--- a/src/interface/interface_backend_udev.c
+++ b/src/interface/interface_backend_udev.c
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@
 #include "virerror.h"
 #include "virfile.h"
 #include "datatypes.h"
-#include "domain_conf.h"
 #include "interface_driver.h"
 #include "interface_conf.h"
 #include "viralloc.h"