diff --git a/src/libsystemd-network/test-acd.c b/src/libsystemd-network/test-acd.c
index e369f5a5921..73105f5a041 100644
--- a/src/libsystemd-network/test-acd.c
+++ b/src/libsystemd-network/test-acd.c
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@
 #include "sd-netlink.h"
 
 #include "in-addr-util.h"
-#include "netlink-util.h"
 #include "tests.h"
 #include "util.h"
 
diff --git a/src/libsystemd-network/test-ipv4ll-manual.c b/src/libsystemd-network/test-ipv4ll-manual.c
index d5ef3535ea8..5453ef93a4a 100644
--- a/src/libsystemd-network/test-ipv4ll-manual.c
+++ b/src/libsystemd-network/test-ipv4ll-manual.c
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@
 
 #include "alloc-util.h"
 #include "in-addr-util.h"
-#include "netlink-util.h"
 #include "parse-util.h"
 #include "string-util.h"
 #include "tests.h"
diff --git a/src/libsystemd/sd-netlink/netlink-socket.c b/src/libsystemd/sd-netlink/netlink-socket.c
index 70f5b85a54d..e834f31122b 100644
--- a/src/libsystemd/sd-netlink/netlink-socket.c
+++ b/src/libsystemd/sd-netlink/netlink-socket.c
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@
 #include "io-util.h"
 #include "netlink-internal.h"
 #include "netlink-types.h"
-#include "netlink-util.h"
 #include "socket-util.h"
 #include "util.h"
 
diff --git a/src/libsystemd/sd-netlink/test-netlink.c b/src/libsystemd/sd-netlink/test-netlink.c
index fbc3ef06094..11178143327 100644
--- a/src/libsystemd/sd-netlink/test-netlink.c
+++ b/src/libsystemd/sd-netlink/test-netlink.c
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@
 #include "macro.h"
 #include "netlink-genl.h"
 #include "netlink-internal.h"
-#include "netlink-util.h"
 #include "socket-util.h"
 #include "stdio-util.h"
 #include "string-util.h"