diff --git a/lib/vhost/rte_vhost/vhost.c b/lib/vhost/rte_vhost/vhost.c
index 5270410b6..ccb8c4f19 100644
--- a/lib/vhost/rte_vhost/vhost.c
+++ b/lib/vhost/rte_vhost/vhost.c
@@ -45,7 +45,6 @@
 #include <rte_string_fns.h>
 #include <rte_memory.h>
 #include <rte_malloc.h>
-#include <rte_virtio_net.h>
 
 #include "vhost.h"
 
diff --git a/lib/vhost/rte_vhost/virtio_net.c b/lib/vhost/rte_vhost/virtio_net.c
index e0df0b972..539606d9e 100644
--- a/lib/vhost/rte_vhost/virtio_net.c
+++ b/lib/vhost/rte_vhost/virtio_net.c
@@ -39,7 +39,6 @@
 #include <rte_memcpy.h>
 #include <rte_ether.h>
 #include <rte_ip.h>
-#include <rte_virtio_net.h>
 #include <rte_tcp.h>
 #include <rte_udp.h>
 #include <rte_sctp.h>