diff --git a/drivers/staging/iio/adc/ad799x_core.c b/drivers/staging/iio/adc/ad799x_core.c
index 94bd8080f69d7ce0b563b9c28e4c2eb397933a52..a105910bd71d8db56e5ebf031822bb34419a7a85 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/iio/adc/ad799x_core.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/iio/adc/ad799x_core.c
@@ -23,11 +23,9 @@
  */
 
 #include <linux/interrupt.h>
-#include <linux/workqueue.h>
 #include <linux/device.h>
 #include <linux/kernel.h>
 #include <linux/sysfs.h>
-#include <linux/list.h>
 #include <linux/i2c.h>
 #include <linux/regulator/consumer.h>
 #include <linux/slab.h>
diff --git a/drivers/staging/iio/adc/ad799x_ring.c b/drivers/staging/iio/adc/ad799x_ring.c
index c92531899c4c3822949f4c3b5e79b53681c90e4a..69065683d3106b770a5218037367b76b2a8fbb81 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/iio/adc/ad799x_ring.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/iio/adc/ad799x_ring.c
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@
  */
 
 #include <linux/interrupt.h>
-#include <linux/workqueue.h>
 #include <linux/device.h>
 #include <linux/slab.h>
 #include <linux/kernel.h>