diff --git a/hw/vhost.c b/hw/vhost.c
index 65709d005d..34c4745d8c 100644
--- a/hw/vhost.c
+++ b/hw/vhost.c
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@
  */
 
 #include <sys/ioctl.h>
-#include <sys/eventfd.h>
 #include "vhost.h"
 #include "hw/hw.h"
 /* For range_get_last */
diff --git a/hw/vhost_net.c b/hw/vhost_net.c
index 606aa0c1c9..0c00de272a 100644
--- a/hw/vhost_net.c
+++ b/hw/vhost_net.c
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_VHOST_NET
 #include <linux/vhost.h>
-#include <sys/eventfd.h>
 #include <sys/socket.h>
 #include <linux/kvm.h>
 #include <fcntl.h>