diff --git a/include/parasite.h b/include/parasite.h
index f331d85a4..c8c997354 100644
--- a/include/parasite.h
+++ b/include/parasite.h
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@
 #include <limits.h>
 
 #include "compiler.h"
-#include "syscall.h"
 #include "image.h"
 
 #define __parasite_head		__used __section(.parasite.head.text)
diff --git a/parasite.c b/parasite.c
index a2bdb26e2..9a9114f77 100644
--- a/parasite.c
+++ b/parasite.c
@@ -1,23 +1,13 @@
-#include <stdio.h>
-#include <stdlib.h>
-
-#include <sys/types.h>
 #include <sys/mman.h>
-#include <sys/stat.h>
-#include <sys/time.h>
 #include <sys/socket.h>
-#include <sys/un.h>
-#include <fcntl.h>
 #include <unistd.h>
 
 #include "compiler.h"
 #include "types.h"
 #include "syscall.h"
 #include "parasite.h"
-#include "image.h"
 #include "util.h"
 #include "util-net.h"
-#include "crtools.h"
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_X86_64