diff --git a/src/corelib/text/qbytearray.cpp b/src/corelib/text/qbytearray.cpp
index ae73c5977d..d3f366a43b 100644
--- a/src/corelib/text/qbytearray.cpp
+++ b/src/corelib/text/qbytearray.cpp
@@ -43,9 +43,7 @@
 #include "qbytearraymatcher.h"
 #include "private/qtools_p.h"
 #include "qhashfunctions.h"
-#include "qstring.h"
 #include "qlist.h"
-#include "qlocale.h"
 #include "qlocale_p.h"
 #include "qlocale_tools_p.h"
 #include "private/qnumeric_p.h"