diff --git a/target/i386/sev-stub.c b/target/i386/sev-stub.c
index d8e6583171..408441768d 100644
--- a/target/i386/sev-stub.c
+++ b/target/i386/sev-stub.c
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
  */
 
 #include "qemu/osdep.h"
+#include "qapi/error.h"
 #include "sev_i386.h"
 
 SevInfo *sev_get_info(void)
diff --git a/target/i386/sev_i386.h b/target/i386/sev_i386.h
index 2afe108069..9bf6cd1878 100644
--- a/target/i386/sev_i386.h
+++ b/target/i386/sev_i386.h
@@ -14,11 +14,7 @@
 #ifndef QEMU_SEV_I386_H
 #define QEMU_SEV_I386_H
 
-#include "qom/object.h"
-#include "qapi/error.h"
-#include "sysemu/kvm.h"
 #include "sysemu/sev.h"
-#include "qemu/error-report.h"
 #include "qapi/qapi-types-misc-target.h"
 
 #define SEV_POLICY_NODBG        0x1