diff --git a/src/hypervisor/domain_driver.h b/src/hypervisor/domain_driver.h
index 7b0fbae2fd..4241c86932 100644
--- a/src/hypervisor/domain_driver.h
+++ b/src/hypervisor/domain_driver.h
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@
 
 #pragma once
 
-#include "domain_conf.h"
 #include "node_device_conf.h"
 #include "virhostdev.h"
 
diff --git a/src/hypervisor/virhostdev.c b/src/hypervisor/virhostdev.c
index 9a83f23854..c0ce867596 100644
--- a/src/hypervisor/virhostdev.c
+++ b/src/hypervisor/virhostdev.c
@@ -28,8 +28,6 @@
 
 #include "virhostdev.h"
 #include "viralloc.h"
-#include "virstring.h"
-#include "virfile.h"
 #include "virerror.h"
 #include "virlog.h"
 #include "virutil.h"