diff --git a/softmmu/cpus.c b/softmmu/cpus.c
index adc20eb3de..1180103ede 100644
--- a/softmmu/cpus.c
+++ b/softmmu/cpus.c
@@ -29,20 +29,13 @@
 #include "qapi/qapi-commands-misc.h"
 #include "qapi/qapi-events-run-state.h"
 #include "qapi/qmp/qerror.h"
-#include "sysemu/tcg.h"
 #include "exec/gdbstub.h"
 #include "sysemu/hw_accel.h"
-#include "sysemu/kvm.h"
 #include "exec/exec-all.h"
 #include "qemu/thread.h"
 #include "qemu/plugin.h"
 #include "sysemu/cpus.h"
-#include "qemu/main-loop.h"
-#include "qemu/option.h"
-#include "qemu/bitmap.h"
-#include "qemu/seqlock.h"
 #include "qemu/guest-random.h"
-#include "tcg/tcg.h"
 #include "hw/nmi.h"
 #include "sysemu/replay.h"
 #include "sysemu/runstate.h"