diff --git a/src/fu-device.c b/src/fu-device.c
index 1be6c0c35..bb427fba8 100644
--- a/src/fu-device.c
+++ b/src/fu-device.c
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@
 #include "config.h"
 
 #include <string.h>
-#include <appstream-glib.h>
 #include <glib-object.h>
 #include <gio/gio.h>
 
diff --git a/src/fu-plugin.c b/src/fu-plugin.c
index a9598d87e..83bd8c446 100644
--- a/src/fu-plugin.c
+++ b/src/fu-plugin.c
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@
 
 #include <fwupd.h>
 #include <gmodule.h>
-#include <appstream-glib.h>
 #include <errno.h>
 #include <string.h>
 #include <unistd.h>
diff --git a/src/fu-udev-device.c b/src/fu-udev-device.c
index b3ab95752..db726bb7d 100644
--- a/src/fu-udev-device.c
+++ b/src/fu-udev-device.c
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@
 
 #include "config.h"
 
-#include <appstream-glib.h>
 #include <string.h>
 
 #include "fu-udev-device-private.h"