diff --git a/src/util/vircgroup.h b/src/util/vircgroup.h
index a5bd35586dd94ab6f51acbc18e8cdec61161dd4a..1dcd0688f1287bbcdc0d8e588800e99e26369474 100644
--- a/src/util/vircgroup.h
+++ b/src/util/vircgroup.h
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@
 
 #pragma once
 
-#include "virutil.h"
 #include "virbitmap.h"
 #include "virenum.h"
 
diff --git a/src/util/vircgroupv1.c b/src/util/vircgroupv1.c
index d2ec7106db4fc836f0dd95c4e98f9258e55929c9..5504441fa64731c72f2e329373da19c4cae39d15 100644
--- a/src/util/vircgroupv1.c
+++ b/src/util/vircgroupv1.c
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
  */
 #include <config.h>
 
+#include <unistd.h>
 #ifdef __linux__
 # include <mntent.h>
 # include <sys/stat.h>
diff --git a/src/util/vircgroupv2.c b/src/util/vircgroupv2.c
index 1d8c599f6af8e4106d64feffe4e8635440bffa33..80f596542cdc74b7d41b94f5bb4033c0834d2456 100644
--- a/src/util/vircgroupv2.c
+++ b/src/util/vircgroupv2.c
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
  */
 #include <config.h>
 
+#include <unistd.h>
 #ifdef __linux__
 # include <mntent.h>
 # include <sys/mount.h>