diff --git a/src/esx/esx_vi.c b/src/esx/esx_vi.c
index abfcccd91e..36e9dc1d2c 100644
--- a/src/esx/esx_vi.c
+++ b/src/esx/esx_vi.c
@@ -35,7 +35,6 @@
 #include "esx_vi_methods.h"
 #include "esx_util.h"
 #include "virstring.h"
-#include "virutil.h"
 
 #define VIR_FROM_THIS VIR_FROM_ESX
 
diff --git a/src/nwfilter/nwfilter_ebiptables_driver.c b/src/nwfilter/nwfilter_ebiptables_driver.c
index 058f2ec559..54065a0f75 100644
--- a/src/nwfilter/nwfilter_ebiptables_driver.c
+++ b/src/nwfilter/nwfilter_ebiptables_driver.c
@@ -43,7 +43,6 @@
 #include "configmake.h"
 #include "virstring.h"
 #include "virfirewall.h"
-#include "virutil.h"
 
 #define VIR_FROM_THIS VIR_FROM_NWFILTER
 
diff --git a/src/openvz/openvz_conf.c b/src/openvz/openvz_conf.c
index afdd97e3c9..191c79e1e2 100644
--- a/src/openvz/openvz_conf.c
+++ b/src/openvz/openvz_conf.c
@@ -40,7 +40,6 @@
 #include "vircommand.h"
 #include "virstring.h"
 #include "virhostcpu.h"
-#include "virutil.h"
 
 #define VIR_FROM_THIS VIR_FROM_OPENVZ
 
diff --git a/src/util/virdnsmasq.c b/src/util/virdnsmasq.c
index 68aaa83b2a..fd4efa802c 100644
--- a/src/util/virdnsmasq.c
+++ b/src/util/virdnsmasq.c
@@ -34,7 +34,6 @@
 #include "datatypes.h"
 #include "virbitmap.h"
 #include "virdnsmasq.h"
-#include "virutil.h"
 #include "vircommand.h"
 #include "viralloc.h"
 #include "virerror.h"
diff --git a/src/util/virfirewalld.c b/src/util/virfirewalld.c
index f467756f26..c909901833 100644
--- a/src/util/virfirewalld.c
+++ b/src/util/virfirewalld.c
@@ -28,7 +28,6 @@
 #include "virfirewalldpriv.h"
 #include "viralloc.h"
 #include "virerror.h"
-#include "virutil.h"
 #include "virlog.h"
 #include "virgdbus.h"
 #include "virenum.h"
diff --git a/src/vmware/vmware_conf.c b/src/vmware/vmware_conf.c
index bce690bbdf..ebba435cc4 100644
--- a/src/vmware/vmware_conf.c
+++ b/src/vmware/vmware_conf.c
@@ -32,7 +32,6 @@
 #include "vmware_conf.h"
 #include "virstring.h"
 #include "virlog.h"
-#include "virutil.h"
 
 #define VIR_FROM_THIS VIR_FROM_VMWARE
 
diff --git a/tests/testutilsqemu.c b/tests/testutilsqemu.c
index cf66c12622..646ef415d1 100644
--- a/tests/testutilsqemu.c
+++ b/tests/testutilsqemu.c
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@
 # include "qemu/qemu_capspriv.h"
 # include "virstring.h"
 # include "virfilecache.h"
-# include "virutil.h"
 
 # define VIR_FROM_THIS VIR_FROM_QEMU