diff --git a/lib/iscsi/iscsi.h b/lib/iscsi/iscsi.h
index c998466e8..b1747e4ab 100644
--- a/lib/iscsi/iscsi.h
+++ b/lib/iscsi/iscsi.h
@@ -39,7 +39,6 @@
 
 #include "spdk/bdev.h"
 #include "spdk/iscsi_spec.h"
-#include "spdk/event.h"
 #include "spdk/thread.h"
 #include "spdk/sock.h"
 
diff --git a/lib/iscsi/iscsi_rpc.c b/lib/iscsi/iscsi_rpc.c
index 216c3ee32..6df6a3b97 100644
--- a/lib/iscsi/iscsi_rpc.c
+++ b/lib/iscsi/iscsi_rpc.c
@@ -40,7 +40,6 @@
 
 #include "spdk/rpc.h"
 #include "spdk/util.h"
-#include "spdk/event.h"
 #include "spdk/string.h"
 #include "spdk_internal/log.h"
 
diff --git a/lib/iscsi/portal_grp.c b/lib/iscsi/portal_grp.c
index 490a5e089..986562ad7 100644
--- a/lib/iscsi/portal_grp.c
+++ b/lib/iscsi/portal_grp.c
@@ -36,7 +36,6 @@
 
 #include "spdk/conf.h"
 #include "spdk/sock.h"
-#include "spdk/event.h"
 #include "spdk/string.h"
 
 #include "spdk_internal/log.h"
diff --git a/test/unit/lib/iscsi/common.c b/test/unit/lib/iscsi/common.c
index a0ff0c475..e6631848a 100644
--- a/test/unit/lib/iscsi/common.c
+++ b/test/unit/lib/iscsi/common.c
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
 #include "iscsi/conn.h"
 
 #include "spdk/env.h"
-#include "spdk/event.h"
 #include "spdk/sock.h"
 #include "spdk_cunit.h"
 
diff --git a/test/unit/lib/iscsi/portal_grp.c/portal_grp_ut.c b/test/unit/lib/iscsi/portal_grp.c/portal_grp_ut.c
index 9e6a967d1..a89a1567f 100644
--- a/test/unit/lib/iscsi/portal_grp.c/portal_grp_ut.c
+++ b/test/unit/lib/iscsi/portal_grp.c/portal_grp_ut.c
@@ -32,7 +32,6 @@
  */
 
 #include "spdk/stdinc.h"
-#include "spdk/event.h"
 
 #include "spdk_cunit.h"