diff --git a/include/qemu-common.h b/include/qemu-common.h
index a102245519991eb70d1397be20af024fb87dba56..f891e05e7e5dc40f6612be28e1ea01b63f109ecf 100644
--- a/include/qemu-common.h
+++ b/include/qemu-common.h
@@ -12,8 +12,6 @@
 #ifndef QEMU_COMMON_H
 #define QEMU_COMMON_H
 
-#include "qemu/fprintf-fn.h"
-
 #define TFR(expr) do { if ((expr) != -1) break; } while (errno == EINTR)
 
 /* Copyright string for -version arguments, About dialogs, etc */
diff --git a/include/qemu/cutils.h b/include/qemu/cutils.h
index d2dad3057c5d7cc91d99018b268532ee931959a2..12301340a474df4f6515c11fa7841969c701ea16 100644
--- a/include/qemu/cutils.h
+++ b/include/qemu/cutils.h
@@ -1,8 +1,6 @@
 #ifndef QEMU_CUTILS_H
 #define QEMU_CUTILS_H
 
-#include "qemu/fprintf-fn.h"
-
 /**
  * pstrcpy:
  * @buf: buffer to copy string into
diff --git a/include/sysemu/cpus.h b/include/sysemu/cpus.h
index 731756d9486f72c7617c31c3348ae6f70684a08f..eea0010b533728c639f1015a07e3948f0eb761c3 100644
--- a/include/sysemu/cpus.h
+++ b/include/sysemu/cpus.h
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 #ifndef QEMU_CPUS_H
 #define QEMU_CPUS_H
 
+#include "qemu/fprintf-fn.h"
 #include "qemu/timer.h"
 
 /* cpus.c */