diff --git a/balloon.c b/balloon.c
index f8b5ca9870..d8dd6fe773 100644
--- a/balloon.c
+++ b/balloon.c
@@ -33,7 +33,6 @@
 #include "qmp-commands.h"
 #include "qapi/error.h"
 #include "qapi/qmp/qerror.h"
-#include "qapi/qmp/qjson.h"
 
 static QEMUBalloonEvent *balloon_event_fn;
 static QEMUBalloonStatus *balloon_stat_fn;
diff --git a/block/nbd.c b/block/nbd.c
index 94220f6d14..8cc4c6f312 100644
--- a/block/nbd.c
+++ b/block/nbd.c
@@ -36,7 +36,6 @@
 #include "qapi/qobject-input-visitor.h"
 #include "qapi/qobject-output-visitor.h"
 #include "qapi/qmp/qdict.h"
-#include "qapi/qmp/qjson.h"
 #include "qapi/qmp/qstring.h"
 #include "qemu/cutils.h"
 
diff --git a/block/quorum.c b/block/quorum.c
index 980403f63e..2dc79bf7e2 100644
--- a/block/quorum.c
+++ b/block/quorum.c
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@
 #include "qapi/error.h"
 #include "qapi/qmp/qdict.h"
 #include "qapi/qmp/qerror.h"
-#include "qapi/qmp/qjson.h"
 #include "qapi/qmp/qlist.h"
 #include "qapi/qmp/qstring.h"
 #include "qapi-event.h"
diff --git a/blockjob.c b/blockjob.c
index 081f1d2b91..3f52f29f75 100644
--- a/blockjob.c
+++ b/blockjob.c
@@ -31,7 +31,6 @@
 #include "sysemu/block-backend.h"
 #include "qapi/error.h"
 #include "qapi/qmp/qerror.h"
-#include "qapi/qmp/qjson.h"
 #include "qemu/coroutine.h"
 #include "qemu/id.h"
 #include "qemu/timer.h"
diff --git a/hw/core/qdev.c b/hw/core/qdev.c
index 515cd505cd..0f70d7e5fb 100644
--- a/hw/core/qdev.c
+++ b/hw/core/qdev.c
@@ -31,7 +31,6 @@
 #include "qapi/error.h"
 #include "qapi/qmp/qerror.h"
 #include "qapi/visitor.h"
-#include "qapi/qmp/qjson.h"
 #include "qemu/error-report.h"
 #include "hw/hotplug.h"
 #include "hw/boards.h"
diff --git a/hw/net/virtio-net.c b/hw/net/virtio-net.c
index 0dd3cb8de4..369d40b378 100644
--- a/hw/net/virtio-net.c
+++ b/hw/net/virtio-net.c
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@
 #include "net/vhost_net.h"
 #include "hw/virtio/virtio-bus.h"
 #include "qapi/error.h"
-#include "qapi/qmp/qjson.h"
 #include "qapi-event.h"
 #include "hw/virtio/virtio-access.h"
 #include "migration/misc.h"
diff --git a/hw/pci/pcie_aer.c b/hw/pci/pcie_aer.c
index 0b55392fe7..939da0b778 100644
--- a/hw/pci/pcie_aer.c
+++ b/hw/pci/pcie_aer.c
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@
 #include "qemu/osdep.h"
 #include "sysemu/sysemu.h"
 #include "qapi/qmp/qdict.h"
-#include "qapi/qmp/qjson.h"
 #include "monitor/monitor.h"
 #include "hw/pci/pci_bridge.h"
 #include "hw/pci/pcie.h"
diff --git a/target/s390x/kvm.c b/target/s390x/kvm.c
index 63c531e028..8fbbf72e4b 100644
--- a/target/s390x/kvm.c
+++ b/target/s390x/kvm.c
@@ -38,7 +38,6 @@
 #include "sysemu/hw_accel.h"
 #include "hw/hw.h"
 #include "sysemu/device_tree.h"
-#include "qapi/qmp/qjson.h"
 #include "exec/gdbstub.h"
 #include "exec/address-spaces.h"
 #include "trace.h"
diff --git a/tests/test-qobject-output-visitor.c b/tests/test-qobject-output-visitor.c
index 1b8a9ee372..3cf942414c 100644
--- a/tests/test-qobject-output-visitor.c
+++ b/tests/test-qobject-output-visitor.c
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@
 #include "qapi/qmp/qnull.h"
 #include "qapi/qmp/qnum.h"
 #include "qapi/qmp/qstring.h"
-#include "qapi/qmp/qjson.h"
 
 typedef struct TestOutputVisitorData {
     Visitor *ov;
diff --git a/ui/spice-core.c b/ui/spice-core.c
index 03f9e83456..64ed759be5 100644
--- a/ui/spice-core.c
+++ b/ui/spice-core.c
@@ -31,7 +31,6 @@
 #include "qemu/sockets.h"
 #include "qmp-commands.h"
 #include "qapi/error.h"
-#include "qapi/qmp/qjson.h"
 #include "qemu/notify.h"
 #include "migration/misc.h"
 #include "hw/hw.h"
diff --git a/vl.c b/vl.c
index 5570f1d723..21878496ec 100644
--- a/vl.c
+++ b/vl.c
@@ -98,7 +98,6 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
 #include "sysemu/hax.h"
 #include "qapi/qobject-input-visitor.h"
 #include "qapi-visit.h"
-#include "qapi/qmp/qjson.h"
 #include "qemu/option.h"
 #include "qemu/config-file.h"
 #include "qemu-options.h"