diff --git a/libnvme/src/nvme/log.c b/libnvme/src/nvme/log.c
index 186316d988..c4dc996c51 100644
--- a/libnvme/src/nvme/log.c
+++ b/libnvme/src/nvme/log.c
@@ -11,9 +11,7 @@
 #include <stdarg.h>
 #include <stdbool.h>
 #include <stdio.h>
-#include <syslog.h>
 #include <time.h>
-#include <unistd.h>
 
 #include <libnvme.h>
 
diff --git a/libnvme/src/nvme/mi-types.h b/libnvme/src/nvme/mi-types.h
index 3c5f0566c5..a2d8c97cdb 100644
--- a/libnvme/src/nvme/mi-types.h
+++ b/libnvme/src/nvme/mi-types.h
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@
  */
 #pragma once
 
-#include <endian.h>
 #include <stdint.h>
 
 #include <nvme/types.h>
diff --git a/libnvme/src/nvme/nbft.h b/libnvme/src/nvme/nbft.h
index f5e46d3bdd..5aa1a03d1d 100644
--- a/libnvme/src/nvme/nbft.h
+++ b/libnvme/src/nvme/nbft.h
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@
 
 #include <stdbool.h>
 
-#include <linux/types.h>
 #include <sys/types.h>
 
 #include <nvme/lib-types.h>
diff --git a/libnvme/src/nvme/private.h b/libnvme/src/nvme/private.h
index eaf20eb2a9..3f76fc2cc3 100644
--- a/libnvme/src/nvme/private.h
+++ b/libnvme/src/nvme/private.h
@@ -11,8 +11,6 @@
 #include <ifaddrs.h>
 #include <poll.h>
 
-#include <sys/ioctl.h>
-#include <sys/socket.h>
 #include <sys/stat.h>
 #include <sys/types.h>
 
diff --git a/libnvme/src/nvme/tree.c b/libnvme/src/nvme/tree.c
index a3a2f38fad..e1f7f020c3 100644
--- a/libnvme/src/nvme/tree.c
+++ b/libnvme/src/nvme/tree.c
@@ -9,16 +9,13 @@
 #include <dirent.h>
 #include <errno.h>
 #include <fcntl.h>
-#include <ifaddrs.h>
 #include <libgen.h>
 #include <stdint.h>
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #include <string.h>
-#include <unistd.h>
 
 #include <arpa/inet.h>
-#include <netdb.h>
 #include <sys/stat.h>
 #include <sys/types.h>
 
diff --git a/libnvme/src/nvme/util.c b/libnvme/src/nvme/util.c
index 47138d8064..4cd611529f 100644
--- a/libnvme/src/nvme/util.c
+++ b/libnvme/src/nvme/util.c
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@
 #include <unistd.h>
 
 #include <arpa/inet.h>
-#include <netdb.h>
 #include <sys/param.h>
 #include <sys/stat.h>
 #include <sys/types.h>
diff --git a/logging.c b/logging.c
index 5f8a1cc18d..4fade52c9d 100644
--- a/logging.c
+++ b/logging.c
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@
 
 #include <linux/types.h>
 
-#include <sys/ioctl.h>
 #include <sys/syslog.h>
 #include <sys/time.h>