diff --git a/backends/iommufd.c b/backends/iommufd.c
index 62a79fa6b0..76a0204852 100644
--- a/backends/iommufd.c
+++ b/backends/iommufd.c
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@
 #include "qemu/osdep.h"
 #include "sysemu/iommufd.h"
 #include "qapi/error.h"
-#include "qapi/qmp/qerror.h"
 #include "qemu/module.h"
 #include "qom/object_interfaces.h"
 #include "qemu/error-report.h"
diff --git a/chardev/char-fe.c b/chardev/char-fe.c
index 66cee8475a..b214ba3802 100644
--- a/chardev/char-fe.c
+++ b/chardev/char-fe.c
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@
 #include "qemu/osdep.h"
 #include "qemu/error-report.h"
 #include "qapi/error.h"
-#include "qapi/qmp/qerror.h"
 #include "sysemu/replay.h"
 
 #include "chardev/char-fe.h"
diff --git a/system/rtc.c b/system/rtc.c
index 4904581abe..dc44576686 100644
--- a/system/rtc.c
+++ b/system/rtc.c
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@
 #include "qemu/osdep.h"
 #include "qemu/cutils.h"
 #include "qapi/error.h"
-#include "qapi/qmp/qerror.h"
 #include "qemu/error-report.h"
 #include "qemu/option.h"
 #include "qemu/timer.h"