diff --git a/src/util/virauth.c b/src/util/virauth.c
index adb093e101..c6a2ce7685 100644
--- a/src/util/virauth.c
+++ b/src/util/virauth.c
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@
 
 #include "virauth.h"
 #include "virutil.h"
-#include "viralloc.h"
 #include "virlog.h"
 #include "datatypes.h"
 #include "virerror.h"
diff --git a/src/util/virauthconfig.c b/src/util/virauthconfig.c
index 91c9c0c56e..3487cc2906 100644
--- a/src/util/virauthconfig.c
+++ b/src/util/virauthconfig.c
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@
 #include "virauthconfig.h"
 
 #include "virkeyfile.h"
-#include "viralloc.h"
 #include "virlog.h"
 #include "virerror.h"
 #include "virstring.h"
diff --git a/src/util/virauthconfig.h b/src/util/virauthconfig.h
index ac0ceebe68..d8a3849e73 100644
--- a/src/util/virauthconfig.h
+++ b/src/util/virauthconfig.h
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
 # define __VIR_AUTHCONFIG_H__
 
 # include "internal.h"
+# include "viralloc.h"
 
 typedef struct _virAuthConfig virAuthConfig;
 typedef virAuthConfig *virAuthConfigPtr;
@@ -42,4 +43,6 @@ int virAuthConfigLookup(virAuthConfigPtr auth,
                         const char *credname,
                         const char **value);
 
+VIR_DEFINE_AUTOPTR_FUNC(virAuthConfig, virAuthConfigFree)
+
 #endif /* __VIR_AUTHCONFIG_H__ */