diff --git a/src/core/mount-setup.c b/src/core/mount-setup.c
index bd3a0352d69..eb9641fbcbe 100644
--- a/src/core/mount-setup.c
+++ b/src/core/mount-setup.c
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@
 #include <sys/stat.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #include <string.h>
-#include <libgen.h>
 #include <assert.h>
 #include <unistd.h>
 #include <ftw.h>
diff --git a/src/journal/catalog.c b/src/journal/catalog.c
index 81a2e946e48..f1702328419 100644
--- a/src/journal/catalog.c
+++ b/src/journal/catalog.c
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@
 #include <string.h>
 #include <sys/mman.h>
 #include <locale.h>
-#include <libgen.h>
 
 #include "util.h"
 #include "log.h"
diff --git a/src/test/test-namespace.c b/src/test/test-namespace.c
index e74fd0c88a5..084a58f3aa1 100644
--- a/src/test/test-namespace.c
+++ b/src/test/test-namespace.c
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@
   along with systemd; If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 ***/
 
-#include <libgen.h>
 #include <sys/socket.h>
 
 #include "namespace.h"