diff --git a/util/cutils.c b/util/cutils.c
index c9b91e7535..53346138c9 100644
--- a/util/cutils.c
+++ b/util/cutils.c
@@ -27,8 +27,6 @@
 #include <math.h>
 
 #include "qemu-common.h"
-#include "qemu/sockets.h"
-#include "qemu/iov.h"
 #include "net/net.h"
 #include "qemu/ctype.h"
 #include "qemu/cutils.h"