diff --git a/genl/ctrl.c b/genl/ctrl.c
index fef6aaa9..6133336a 100644
--- a/genl/ctrl.c
+++ b/genl/ctrl.c
@@ -18,9 +18,6 @@
 #include <netinet/in.h>
 #include <arpa/inet.h>
 #include <string.h>
-#ifdef HAVE_LIBBSD
-#include <bsd/string.h>
-#endif
 
 #include "utils.h"
 #include "genl_utils.h"
diff --git a/include/utils.h b/include/utils.h
index 685d2c1d..bf6dea23 100644
--- a/include/utils.h
+++ b/include/utils.h
@@ -9,6 +9,10 @@
 #include <stdbool.h>
 #include <time.h>
 
+#ifdef HAVE_LIBBSD
+#include <bsd/string.h>
+#endif
+
 #include "libnetlink.h"
 #include "ll_map.h"
 #include "rtm_map.h"
diff --git a/ip/iplink.c b/ip/iplink.c
index 067f5409..b5519201 100644
--- a/ip/iplink.c
+++ b/ip/iplink.c
@@ -24,9 +24,6 @@
 #include <netinet/in.h>
 #include <arpa/inet.h>
 #include <string.h>
-#ifdef HAVE_LIBBSD
-#include <bsd/string.h>
-#endif
 #include <sys/ioctl.h>
 #include <stdbool.h>
 #include <linux/mpls.h>
diff --git a/ip/ipnetns.c b/ip/ipnetns.c
index da019d76..0eac18cf 100644
--- a/ip/ipnetns.c
+++ b/ip/ipnetns.c
@@ -8,9 +8,6 @@
 #include <sys/syscall.h>
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <string.h>
-#ifdef HAVE_LIBBSD
-#include <bsd/string.h>
-#endif
 #include <sched.h>
 #include <fcntl.h>
 #include <dirent.h>
diff --git a/ip/iproute_lwtunnel.c b/ip/iproute_lwtunnel.c
index 2285bc1d..8f497015 100644
--- a/ip/iproute_lwtunnel.c
+++ b/ip/iproute_lwtunnel.c
@@ -16,9 +16,6 @@
 #include <unistd.h>
 #include <fcntl.h>
 #include <string.h>
-#ifdef HAVE_LIBBSD
-#include <bsd/string.h>
-#endif
 #include <linux/ila.h>
 #include <linux/lwtunnel.h>
 #include <linux/mpls_iptunnel.h>
diff --git a/ip/ipvrf.c b/ip/ipvrf.c
index 8572b4f2..8a6b7f97 100644
--- a/ip/ipvrf.c
+++ b/ip/ipvrf.c
@@ -21,9 +21,6 @@
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #include <unistd.h>
 #include <string.h>
-#ifdef HAVE_LIBBSD
-#include <bsd/string.h>
-#endif
 #include <dirent.h>
 #include <errno.h>
 #include <limits.h>
diff --git a/ip/ipxfrm.c b/ip/ipxfrm.c
index b02f30a6..17ab4abe 100644
--- a/ip/ipxfrm.c
+++ b/ip/ipxfrm.c
@@ -28,9 +28,6 @@
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #include <string.h>
-#ifdef HAVE_LIBBSD
-#include <bsd/string.h>
-#endif
 #include <sys/types.h>
 #include <sys/socket.h>
 #include <time.h>
diff --git a/ip/tunnel.c b/ip/tunnel.c
index 73abb2e2..d0d55f37 100644
--- a/ip/tunnel.c
+++ b/ip/tunnel.c
@@ -24,9 +24,6 @@
 
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <string.h>
-#ifdef HAVE_LIBBSD
-#include <bsd/string.h>
-#endif
 #include <unistd.h>
 #include <errno.h>
 #include <sys/types.h>
diff --git a/ip/xfrm_state.c b/ip/xfrm_state.c
index 18e0c6fa..e8c01746 100644
--- a/ip/xfrm_state.c
+++ b/ip/xfrm_state.c
@@ -27,9 +27,6 @@
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #include <string.h>
-#ifdef HAVE_LIBBSD
-#include <bsd/string.h>
-#endif
 #include <netdb.h>
 #include "utils.h"
 #include "xfrm.h"
diff --git a/lib/bpf.c b/lib/bpf.c
index 35d7c45a..45f279fa 100644
--- a/lib/bpf.c
+++ b/lib/bpf.c
@@ -15,9 +15,6 @@
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #include <unistd.h>
 #include <string.h>
-#ifdef HAVE_LIBBSD
-#include <bsd/string.h>
-#endif
 #include <stdbool.h>
 #include <stdint.h>
 #include <errno.h>
diff --git a/lib/fs.c b/lib/fs.c
index af36bea0..86efd4ed 100644
--- a/lib/fs.c
+++ b/lib/fs.c
@@ -20,9 +20,6 @@
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #include <unistd.h>
 #include <string.h>
-#ifdef HAVE_LIBBSD
-#include <bsd/string.h>
-#endif
 #include <errno.h>
 #include <limits.h>
 
diff --git a/lib/inet_proto.c b/lib/inet_proto.c
index b379d8f8..0836a4c9 100644
--- a/lib/inet_proto.c
+++ b/lib/inet_proto.c
@@ -18,9 +18,6 @@
 #include <netinet/in.h>
 #include <netdb.h>
 #include <string.h>
-#ifdef HAVE_LIBBSD
-#include <bsd/string.h>
-#endif
 
 #include "rt_names.h"
 #include "utils.h"
diff --git a/misc/ss.c b/misc/ss.c
index c472fbd9..4d12fb5d 100644
--- a/misc/ss.c
+++ b/misc/ss.c
@@ -19,9 +19,6 @@
 #include <sys/sysmacros.h>
 #include <netinet/in.h>
 #include <string.h>
-#ifdef HAVE_LIBBSD
-#include <bsd/string.h>
-#endif
 #include <errno.h>
 #include <netdb.h>
 #include <arpa/inet.h>
diff --git a/tc/em_ipset.c b/tc/em_ipset.c
index 550b2101..48b287f5 100644
--- a/tc/em_ipset.c
+++ b/tc/em_ipset.c
@@ -20,9 +20,6 @@
 #include <netdb.h>
 #include <unistd.h>
 #include <string.h>
-#ifdef HAVE_LIBBSD
-#include <bsd/string.h>
-#endif
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #include <getopt.h>
 
diff --git a/tc/m_pedit.c b/tc/m_pedit.c
index baacc80d..2aeb56d9 100644
--- a/tc/m_pedit.c
+++ b/tc/m_pedit.c
@@ -23,9 +23,6 @@
 #include <netinet/in.h>
 #include <arpa/inet.h>
 #include <string.h>
-#ifdef HAVE_LIBBSD
-#include <bsd/string.h>
-#endif
 #include <dlfcn.h>
 #include "utils.h"
 #include "tc_util.h"