diff --git a/src/util/virhostcpu.c b/src/util/virhostcpu.c
index 0bde532a0c..81293eea8c 100644
--- a/src/util/virhostcpu.c
+++ b/src/util/virhostcpu.c
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@
 #include <config.h>
 
 #include <dirent.h>
-#include <sys/utsname.h>
 #include <fcntl.h>
 #ifndef WIN32
 # include <sys/ioctl.h>
diff --git a/src/util/virhostmem.c b/src/util/virhostmem.c
index f37d1ad588..9097716f54 100644
--- a/src/util/virhostmem.c
+++ b/src/util/virhostmem.c
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@
 
 #include <config.h>
 
-#include <sys/utsname.h>
 #include <fcntl.h>
 #include <unistd.h>