diff --git a/savevm.c b/savevm.c
index bcdb92ee81..529d60ec1f 100644
--- a/savevm.c
+++ b/savevm.c
@@ -21,52 +21,15 @@
  * OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN
  * THE SOFTWARE.
  */
-#include <unistd.h>
-#include <fcntl.h>
-#include <time.h>
-#include <errno.h>
-#include <sys/time.h>
-#include <zlib.h>
 
-/* Needed early for CONFIG_BSD etc. */
 #include "config-host.h"
 
 #ifndef _WIN32
-#include <sys/times.h>
-#include <sys/wait.h>
-#include <termios.h>
-#include <sys/mman.h>
-#include <sys/ioctl.h>
-#include <sys/resource.h>
-#include <sys/socket.h>
-#include <netinet/in.h>
-#include <net/if.h>
 #include <arpa/inet.h>
-#include <dirent.h>
-#include <netdb.h>
-#include <sys/select.h>
-#ifdef CONFIG_BSD
-#include <sys/stat.h>
-#if defined(__FreeBSD__) || defined(__FreeBSD_kernel__) || defined(__DragonFly__)
-#include <libutil.h>
-#else
-#include <util.h>
-#endif
-#ifdef __linux__
-#include <pty.h>
-#include <malloc.h>
-#include <linux/rtc.h>
-#endif
-#endif
 #endif
 
 #ifdef _WIN32
 #include <windows.h>
-#include <malloc.h>
-#include <sys/timeb.h>
-#include <mmsystem.h>
-#define getopt_long_only getopt_long
-#define memalign(align, size) malloc(size)
 #endif
 
 #include "qemu-common.h"
@@ -80,7 +43,6 @@
 #include "migration/migration.h"
 #include "qemu/sockets.h"
 #include "qemu/queue.h"
-#include "qemu/timer.h"
 #include "sysemu/cpus.h"
 #include "exec/memory.h"
 #include "qmp-commands.h"