diff --git a/src/daemon/core.h b/src/daemon/core.h
index 97f1cb8c1..bf4f9bb3d 100644
--- a/src/daemon/core.h
+++ b/src/daemon/core.h
@@ -31,7 +31,6 @@
 #include "cryptonote_core/cryptonote_core.h"
 #include "cryptonote_protocol/cryptonote_protocol_handler.h"
 #include "misc_log_ex.h"
-#include "daemon/command_line_args.h"
 
 #undef MONERO_DEFAULT_LOG_CATEGORY
 #define MONERO_DEFAULT_LOG_CATEGORY "daemon"
diff --git a/src/daemon/daemon.cpp b/src/daemon/daemon.cpp
index 3bc6ea392..55d868a3c 100644
--- a/src/daemon/daemon.cpp
+++ b/src/daemon/daemon.cpp
@@ -43,8 +43,9 @@
 #include "daemon/protocol.h"
 #include "daemon/rpc.h"
 #include "daemon/command_server.h"
+#include "daemon/command_server.h"
+#include "daemon/command_line_args.h"
 #include "version.h"
-#include "syncobj.h"
 
 using namespace epee;
 
diff --git a/src/daemon/executor.cpp b/src/daemon/executor.cpp
index 6130bfa28..3379eeca4 100644
--- a/src/daemon/executor.cpp
+++ b/src/daemon/executor.cpp
@@ -30,7 +30,6 @@
 
 #include "daemon/executor.h"
 
-#include "common/command_line.h"
 #include "cryptonote_config.h"
 #include "version.h"
 
diff --git a/src/daemon/protocol.h b/src/daemon/protocol.h
index fc5edbcaa..01de535d5 100644
--- a/src/daemon/protocol.h
+++ b/src/daemon/protocol.h
@@ -33,8 +33,6 @@
 #undef MONERO_DEFAULT_LOG_CATEGORY
 #define MONERO_DEFAULT_LOG_CATEGORY "daemon"
 
-#include "common/scoped_message_writer.h"
-
 namespace daemonize
 {