diff --git a/src/h5core/h5_model.c b/src/h5core/h5_model.c
index d0460da..b2c2836 100644
--- a/src/h5core/h5_model.c
+++ b/src/h5core/h5_model.c
@@ -9,12 +9,10 @@
 
 #include <string.h>
 
+#include "h5core/h5_model.h"
 #include "private/h5_types.h"
 #include "private/h5_hdf5.h"
 #include "private/h5_model.h"
-#include "private/h5_mpi.h"
-#include "private/h5_io.h"
-#include "private/h5_va_macros.h"
 
 h5_err_t
 h5priv_close_step (
diff --git a/src/h5core/h5b_attribs.c b/src/h5core/h5b_attribs.c
index e831ac6..60425aa 100644
--- a/src/h5core/h5b_attribs.c
+++ b/src/h5core/h5b_attribs.c
@@ -8,9 +8,7 @@
 */
 #include "private/h5_log.h"
 
-#include "private/h5_file.h"
 #include "private/h5_hdf5.h"
-
 #include "private/h5_attribs.h"
 #include "private/h5b_types.h"
 #include "private/h5b_model.h"