diff --git a/fsdev/virtfs-proxy-helper.c b/fsdev/virtfs-proxy-helper.c
index ce7eb79d75..21e9b160c2 100644
--- a/fsdev/virtfs-proxy-helper.c
+++ b/fsdev/virtfs-proxy-helper.c
@@ -8,31 +8,20 @@
  * This work is licensed under the terms of the GNU GPL, version 2. See
  * the COPYING file in the top-level directory.
  */
-#include <stdio.h>
-#include <sys/socket.h>
-#include <string.h>
-#include <sys/un.h>
-#include <limits.h>
-#include <signal.h>
-#include <errno.h>
-#include <stdlib.h>
+
 #include <sys/resource.h>
-#include <sys/stat.h>
 #include <getopt.h>
-#include <unistd.h>
 #include <syslog.h>
 #include <sys/capability.h>
 #include <sys/fsuid.h>
-#include <stdarg.h>
-#include <stdbool.h>
 #include <sys/vfs.h>
-#include <sys/stat.h>
 #include <sys/ioctl.h>
 #include <linux/fs.h>
 #ifdef CONFIG_LINUX_MAGIC_H
 #include <linux/magic.h>
 #endif
 #include "qemu-common.h"
+#include "qemu_socket.h"
 #include "qemu-xattr.h"
 #include "virtio-9p-marshal.h"
 #include "hw/9pfs/virtio-9p-proxy.h"