diff --git a/xmlreader/IwyuFilter_xmlreader.yaml b/xmlreader/IwyuFilter_xmlreader.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..bb9f26a1e585
--- /dev/null
+++ b/xmlreader/IwyuFilter_xmlreader.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+---
+assumeFilename: xmlreader/source/xmlreader.cxx
diff --git a/xmlreader/source/span.cxx b/xmlreader/source/span.cxx
index b2d78a87fb74..29433c561fb7 100644
--- a/xmlreader/source/span.cxx
+++ b/xmlreader/source/span.cxx
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@
 #include <cassert>
 
 #include <com/sun/star/uno/RuntimeException.hpp>
-#include <com/sun/star/uno/XInterface.hpp>
 #include <rtl/textcvt.h>
 #include <rtl/textenc.h>
 #include <rtl/ustring.h>
diff --git a/xmlreader/source/xmlreader.cxx b/xmlreader/source/xmlreader.cxx
index 58f3ec88ebb6..1651f857e411 100644
--- a/xmlreader/source/xmlreader.cxx
+++ b/xmlreader/source/xmlreader.cxx
@@ -21,11 +21,9 @@
 
 #include <cassert>
 #include <climits>
-#include <cstddef>
 
 #include <com/sun/star/container/NoSuchElementException.hpp>
 #include <com/sun/star/uno/RuntimeException.hpp>
-#include <com/sun/star/uno/XInterface.hpp>
 #include <osl/file.h>
 #include <rtl/character.hxx>
 #include <rtl/string.h>