diff --git a/src/conf/domain_audit.c b/src/conf/domain_audit.c
index 653657b115..e3f3681703 100644
--- a/src/conf/domain_audit.c
+++ b/src/conf/domain_audit.c
@@ -31,7 +31,6 @@
 #include "uuid.h"
 #include "logging.h"
 #include "memory.h"
-#include "ignore-value.h"
 
 /* Return nn:mm in hex for block and character devices, and NULL
  * for other file types, stat failure, or allocation failure.  */
diff --git a/src/conf/domain_conf.c b/src/conf/domain_conf.c
index f44dc93cc0..4086dac228 100644
--- a/src/conf/domain_conf.c
+++ b/src/conf/domain_conf.c
@@ -44,7 +44,6 @@
 #include "c-ctype.h"
 #include "logging.h"
 #include "nwfilter_conf.h"
-#include "ignore-value.h"
 #include "storage_file.h"
 #include "virfile.h"
 #include "bitmap.h"
diff --git a/src/conf/virdomainlist.c b/src/conf/virdomainlist.c
index 6ac2af154e..f9fbde8989 100644
--- a/src/conf/virdomainlist.c
+++ b/src/conf/virdomainlist.c
@@ -30,7 +30,6 @@
 #include "memory.h"
 #include "datatypes.h"
 #include "virterror_internal.h"
-#include "ignore-value.h"
 
 #define VIR_FROM_THIS VIR_FROM_DOMAIN
 
diff --git a/src/internal.h b/src/internal.h
index 60be95df80..fd8d190229 100644
--- a/src/internal.h
+++ b/src/internal.h
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@
 # include "libvirt_internal.h"
 
 # include "c-strcase.h"
+# include "ignore-value.h"
 
 /* On architectures which lack these limits, define them (ie. Cygwin).
  * Note that the libvirt code should be robust enough to handle the
diff --git a/src/network/bridge_driver.c b/src/network/bridge_driver.c
index 79d3010f05..7e8de199d1 100644
--- a/src/network/bridge_driver.c
+++ b/src/network/bridge_driver.c
@@ -58,7 +58,6 @@
 #include "logging.h"
 #include "dnsmasq.h"
 #include "configmake.h"
-#include "ignore-value.h"
 #include "virnetdev.h"
 #include "virnetdevbridge.h"
 #include "virnetdevtap.h"
diff --git a/src/node_device/node_device_hal.c b/src/node_device/node_device_hal.c
index b2e502ec96..7f8b07630a 100644
--- a/src/node_device/node_device_hal.c
+++ b/src/node_device/node_device_hal.c
@@ -38,7 +38,6 @@
 #include "pci.h"
 #include "logging.h"
 #include "node_device_driver.h"
-#include "ignore-value.h"
 #include "virdbus.h"
 
 #define VIR_FROM_THIS VIR_FROM_NODEDEV
diff --git a/src/openvz/openvz_conf.c b/src/openvz/openvz_conf.c
index 0c5ab74e17..bb61b1335f 100644
--- a/src/openvz/openvz_conf.c
+++ b/src/openvz/openvz_conf.c
@@ -53,7 +53,6 @@
 #include "nodeinfo.h"
 #include "virfile.h"
 #include "command.h"
-#include "ignore-value.h"
 
 #define VIR_FROM_THIS VIR_FROM_OPENVZ
 
diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_domain.c b/src/qemu/qemu_domain.c
index 91c0645e2b..201ec03378 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_domain.c
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_domain.c
@@ -32,7 +32,6 @@
 #include "virterror_internal.h"
 #include "c-ctype.h"
 #include "cpu/cpu.h"
-#include "ignore-value.h"
 #include "uuid.h"
 #include "virfile.h"
 #include "domain_event.h"
diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_monitor_json.c b/src/qemu/qemu_monitor_json.c
index 7d2da21b4c..964ec3868d 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_monitor_json.c
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_monitor_json.c
@@ -41,7 +41,6 @@
 #include "datatypes.h"
 #include "virterror_internal.h"
 #include "json.h"
-#include "ignore-value.h"
 
 #ifdef WITH_DTRACE_PROBES
 # include "libvirt_qemu_probes.h"
diff --git a/src/util/command.c b/src/util/command.c
index 62848cd874..5838d451c5 100644
--- a/src/util/command.c
+++ b/src/util/command.c
@@ -41,7 +41,6 @@
 #include "virfile.h"
 #include "virpidfile.h"
 #include "buf.h"
-#include "ignore-value.h"
 
 #define VIR_FROM_THIS VIR_FROM_NONE
 
diff --git a/src/util/event_poll.c b/src/util/event_poll.c
index 038e75ff47..3841673c49 100644
--- a/src/util/event_poll.c
+++ b/src/util/event_poll.c
@@ -37,7 +37,6 @@
 #include "memory.h"
 #include "util.h"
 #include "virfile.h"
-#include "ignore-value.h"
 #include "virterror_internal.h"
 #include "virtime.h"
 
diff --git a/src/util/logging.c b/src/util/logging.c
index cf62184063..f8233cdbae 100644
--- a/src/util/logging.c
+++ b/src/util/logging.c
@@ -38,7 +38,6 @@
 # include <execinfo.h>
 #endif
 
-#include "ignore-value.h"
 #include "virterror_internal.h"
 #include "logging.h"
 #include "memory.h"
diff --git a/src/util/memory.c b/src/util/memory.c
index bfa32a8918..90ca29a060 100644
--- a/src/util/memory.c
+++ b/src/util/memory.c
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@
 #include <stdlib.h>
 
 #include "memory.h"
-#include "ignore-value.h"
 
 
 #if TEST_OOM
diff --git a/src/util/threadpool.c b/src/util/threadpool.c
index e8689d9664..305a22fdb5 100644
--- a/src/util/threadpool.c
+++ b/src/util/threadpool.c
@@ -29,7 +29,6 @@
 #include "memory.h"
 #include "threads.h"
 #include "virterror_internal.h"
-#include "ignore-value.h"
 
 #define VIR_FROM_THIS VIR_FROM_NONE
 
diff --git a/src/util/virfile.h b/src/util/virfile.h
index 6882a73d1a..fb8109bfbd 100644
--- a/src/util/virfile.h
+++ b/src/util/virfile.h
@@ -29,7 +29,6 @@
 # include <stdio.h>
 
 # include "internal.h"
-# include "ignore-value.h"
 
 typedef enum virFileCloseFlags {
     VIR_FILE_CLOSE_PRESERVE_ERRNO = 1 << 0,
diff --git a/src/util/virnetdevbandwidth.c b/src/util/virnetdevbandwidth.c
index b9bd2e344e..596ffd60b4 100644
--- a/src/util/virnetdevbandwidth.c
+++ b/src/util/virnetdevbandwidth.c
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@
 #include "command.h"
 #include "memory.h"
 #include "virterror_internal.h"
-#include "ignore-value.h"
 
 #define VIR_FROM_THIS VIR_FROM_NONE
 
diff --git a/src/xenapi/xenapi_driver.c b/src/xenapi/xenapi_driver.c
index 0ad6affec9..298ab219e4 100644
--- a/src/xenapi/xenapi_driver.c
+++ b/src/xenapi/xenapi_driver.c
@@ -40,7 +40,6 @@
 #include "xenapi_driver.h"
 #include "xenapi_driver_private.h"
 #include "xenapi_utils.h"
-#include "ignore-value.h"
 
 #define VIR_FROM_THIS VIR_FROM_XENAPI
 
diff --git a/tests/shunloadtest.c b/tests/shunloadtest.c
index 8113ef37d9..45ef0a15ad 100644
--- a/tests/shunloadtest.c
+++ b/tests/shunloadtest.c
@@ -50,7 +50,6 @@
 # include <signal.h>
 
 # include "internal.h"
-# include "ignore-value.h"
 # include "testutils.h"
 
 pthread_cond_t cond = PTHREAD_COND_INITIALIZER;