diff --git a/include/exec/helper-proto.h b/include/exec/helper-proto.h
index ba100793a7..c4b1bda632 100644
--- a/include/exec/helper-proto.h
+++ b/include/exec/helper-proto.h
@@ -38,7 +38,6 @@ dh_ctype(ret) HELPER(name) (dh_ctype(t1), dh_ctype(t2), dh_ctype(t3), \
 #define IN_HELPER_PROTO
 
 #include "helper.h"
-#include "trace/generated-helpers.h"
 #include "accel/tcg/tcg-runtime.h"
 #include "accel/tcg/plugin-helpers.h"
 
diff --git a/include/exec/helper-tcg.h b/include/exec/helper-tcg.h
index 16cd318b83..3933258f1a 100644
--- a/include/exec/helper-tcg.h
+++ b/include/exec/helper-tcg.h
@@ -59,7 +59,6 @@
     | dh_typemask(t5, 5) | dh_typemask(t6, 6) | dh_typemask(t7, 7) },
 
 #include "helper.h"
-#include "trace/generated-helpers.h"
 #include "accel/tcg/tcg-runtime.h"
 #include "accel/tcg/plugin-helpers.h"
 
diff --git a/include/trace-tcg.h b/include/trace-tcg.h
deleted file mode 100644
index da68608c85..0000000000
--- a/include/trace-tcg.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-#ifndef TRACE_TCG_H
-#define TRACE_TCG_H
-
-#include "trace/generated-tcg-tracers.h"
-
-#endif /* TRACE_TCG_H */
diff --git a/trace/meson.build b/trace/meson.build
index c4794a1f2a..29f3bffd5a 100644
--- a/trace/meson.build
+++ b/trace/meson.build
@@ -67,7 +67,6 @@ trace_events_all = custom_target('trace-events-all',
                                  install_dir: qemu_datadir)
 
 foreach d : [
-  ['generated-tcg-tracers.h', 'tcg-h'],
   ['generated-helpers.c', 'tcg-helper-c'],
   ['generated-helpers.h', 'tcg-helper-h'],
   ['generated-helpers-wrappers.h', 'tcg-helper-wrapper-h'],