diff --git a/src/basic/cgroup-util.c b/src/basic/cgroup-util.c
index f3367a9cf3a..ea74a65a29c 100644
--- a/src/basic/cgroup-util.c
+++ b/src/basic/cgroup-util.c
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 /* SPDX-License-Identifier: LGPL-2.1+ */
 
-#include <dirent.h>
 #include <errno.h>
 #include <ftw.h>
 #include <limits.h>
diff --git a/src/basic/conf-files.c b/src/basic/conf-files.c
index 838b485e22d..58eb62fb7a5 100644
--- a/src/basic/conf-files.c
+++ b/src/basic/conf-files.c
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 /* SPDX-License-Identifier: LGPL-2.1+ */
 
-#include <dirent.h>
 #include <errno.h>
 #include <stdarg.h>
 #include <stdio.h>
diff --git a/src/basic/copy.c b/src/basic/copy.c
index 4a3eaee0105..a8498ab491b 100644
--- a/src/basic/copy.c
+++ b/src/basic/copy.c
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 /* SPDX-License-Identifier: LGPL-2.1+ */
 
-#include <dirent.h>
 #include <errno.h>
 #include <fcntl.h>
 #include <stddef.h>
diff --git a/src/basic/glob-util.c b/src/basic/glob-util.c
index b335af8d971..31386854c10 100644
--- a/src/basic/glob-util.c
+++ b/src/basic/glob-util.c
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 /* SPDX-License-Identifier: LGPL-2.1+ */
 
-#include <dirent.h>
 #include <errno.h>
 #include <glob.h>
 #include <sys/types.h>
diff --git a/src/basic/locale-util.c b/src/basic/locale-util.c
index 5fd18028bba..29456521c92 100644
--- a/src/basic/locale-util.c
+++ b/src/basic/locale-util.c
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 /* SPDX-License-Identifier: LGPL-2.1+ */
 
-#include <dirent.h>
 #include <errno.h>
 #include <fcntl.h>
 #include <ftw.h>
diff --git a/src/basic/stat-util.c b/src/basic/stat-util.c
index 173054f9d7c..5144b87f598 100644
--- a/src/basic/stat-util.c
+++ b/src/basic/stat-util.c
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 /* SPDX-License-Identifier: LGPL-2.1+ */
 
-#include <dirent.h>
 #include <errno.h>
 #include <fcntl.h>
 #include <linux/magic.h>
diff --git a/src/boot/bootctl.c b/src/boot/bootctl.c
index bfdbdc7a916..3c4c095e2fb 100644
--- a/src/boot/bootctl.c
+++ b/src/boot/bootctl.c
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
 
 #include <blkid.h>
 #include <ctype.h>
-#include <dirent.h>
 #include <errno.h>
 #include <ftw.h>
 #include <getopt.h>
diff --git a/src/core/smack-setup.c b/src/core/smack-setup.c
index d7a0f7a07b0..4427397f271 100644
--- a/src/core/smack-setup.c
+++ b/src/core/smack-setup.c
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@
         Nathaniel Chen <nathaniel.chen@intel.com>
 ***/
 
-#include <dirent.h>
 #include <errno.h>
 #include <fcntl.h>
 #include <stdio.h>
diff --git a/src/shared/clean-ipc.c b/src/shared/clean-ipc.c
index 88d8e45ca19..e4cd2d30d0a 100644
--- a/src/shared/clean-ipc.c
+++ b/src/shared/clean-ipc.c
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 /* SPDX-License-Identifier: LGPL-2.1+ */
 
-#include <dirent.h>
 #include <errno.h>
 #include <fcntl.h>
 #include <limits.h>
diff --git a/src/shared/install.c b/src/shared/install.c
index 193805b27ec..1e4730f356b 100644
--- a/src/shared/install.c
+++ b/src/shared/install.c
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 /* SPDX-License-Identifier: LGPL-2.1+ */
 
-#include <dirent.h>
 #include <errno.h>
 #include <fcntl.h>
 #include <fnmatch.h>
diff --git a/src/shared/machine-image.c b/src/shared/machine-image.c
index 839f1f97aa8..a11803e731a 100644
--- a/src/shared/machine-image.c
+++ b/src/shared/machine-image.c
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 /* SPDX-License-Identifier: LGPL-2.1+ */
 
-#include <dirent.h>
 #include <errno.h>
 #include <fcntl.h>
 #include <stdio.h>