diff --git a/builtin/cat-file.c b/builtin/cat-file.c
index f8d81291b9..750b5a24b4 100644
--- a/builtin/cat-file.c
+++ b/builtin/cat-file.c
@@ -4,12 +4,8 @@
  * Copyright (C) Linus Torvalds, 2005
  */
 #include "cache.h"
-#include "exec_cmd.h"
-#include "tag.h"
-#include "tree.h"
 #include "builtin.h"
 #include "parse-options.h"
-#include "diff.h"
 #include "userdiff.h"
 #include "streaming.h"
 
diff --git a/git.c b/git.c
index 82d7a1cfee..6b5ae6a2ac 100644
--- a/git.c
+++ b/git.c
@@ -1,10 +1,7 @@
 #include "builtin.h"
-#include "cache.h"
 #include "exec_cmd.h"
 #include "help.h"
-#include "quote.h"
 #include "run-command.h"
-#include "commit.h"
 
 const char git_usage_string[] =
 	"git [--version] [--help] [-C <path>] [-c name=value]\n"