diff --git a/include/qapi/qmp/json-parser.h b/include/qapi/qmp/json-parser.h
index 21b23d7bec..55f75954c3 100644
--- a/include/qapi/qmp/json-parser.h
+++ b/include/qapi/qmp/json-parser.h
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@
 #ifndef QEMU_JSON_PARSER_H
 #define QEMU_JSON_PARSER_H
 
-#include "qemu-common.h"
 #include "qapi/qmp/json-lexer.h"
 
 typedef struct JSONToken JSONToken;
diff --git a/qobject/json-lexer.c b/qobject/json-lexer.c
index a728c32faa..06ec67dc45 100644
--- a/qobject/json-lexer.c
+++ b/qobject/json-lexer.c
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@
  */
 
 #include "qemu/osdep.h"
-#include "qemu-common.h"
 #include "qapi/qmp/json-lexer.h"
 #include "qapi/qmp/json-streamer.h"
 
diff --git a/qobject/json-streamer.c b/qobject/json-streamer.c
index 467bc29413..da53e770e9 100644
--- a/qobject/json-streamer.c
+++ b/qobject/json-streamer.c
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@
  */
 
 #include "qemu/osdep.h"
-#include "qemu-common.h"
 #include "qapi/error.h"
 #include "qapi/qmp/json-lexer.h"
 #include "qapi/qmp/json-parser.h"
diff --git a/qobject/qbool.c b/qobject/qbool.c
index b58249925c..06dfc43498 100644
--- a/qobject/qbool.c
+++ b/qobject/qbool.c
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@
 
 #include "qemu/osdep.h"
 #include "qapi/qmp/qbool.h"
-#include "qemu-common.h"
 
 /**
  * qbool_from_bool(): Create a new QBool from a bool
diff --git a/qobject/qlist.c b/qobject/qlist.c
index 37c1c167f1..b3274af88b 100644
--- a/qobject/qlist.c
+++ b/qobject/qlist.c
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@
 #include "qapi/qmp/qnum.h"
 #include "qapi/qmp/qstring.h"
 #include "qemu/queue.h"
-#include "qemu-common.h"
 
 /**
  * qlist_new(): Create a new QList
diff --git a/qobject/qnull.c b/qobject/qnull.c
index f6f55f11ea..00870a1824 100644
--- a/qobject/qnull.c
+++ b/qobject/qnull.c
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@
  */
 
 #include "qemu/osdep.h"
-#include "qemu-common.h"
 #include "qapi/qmp/qnull.h"
 
 QNull qnull_ = {
diff --git a/qobject/qnum.c b/qobject/qnum.c
index 1501c82832..7012fc57f2 100644
--- a/qobject/qnum.c
+++ b/qobject/qnum.c
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@
 
 #include "qemu/osdep.h"
 #include "qapi/qmp/qnum.h"
-#include "qemu-common.h"
 
 /**
  * qnum_from_int(): Create a new QNum from an int64_t
diff --git a/qobject/qobject.c b/qobject/qobject.c
index cf4b7e229e..878dd76e79 100644
--- a/qobject/qobject.c
+++ b/qobject/qobject.c
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@
  */
 
 #include "qemu/osdep.h"
-#include "qemu-common.h"
 #include "qapi/qmp/qbool.h"
 #include "qapi/qmp/qnull.h"
 #include "qapi/qmp/qnum.h"
diff --git a/qobject/qstring.c b/qobject/qstring.c
index 0f1510e792..1c6897df00 100644
--- a/qobject/qstring.c
+++ b/qobject/qstring.c
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@
 
 #include "qemu/osdep.h"
 #include "qapi/qmp/qstring.h"
-#include "qemu-common.h"
 
 /**
  * qstring_new(): Create a new empty QString