diff --git a/spice-qemu-char.c b/spice-qemu-char.c
index 8106e063c0..7e0d300777 100644
--- a/spice-qemu-char.c
+++ b/spice-qemu-char.c
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
 #include "ui/qemu-spice.h"
 #include "sysemu/char.h"
 #include <spice.h>
-#include <spice-experimental.h>
 #include <spice/protocol.h>
 
 #include "qemu/osdep.h"
diff --git a/ui/spice-core.c b/ui/spice-core.c
index e8d4baedd8..497670c4d5 100644
--- a/ui/spice-core.c
+++ b/ui/spice-core.c
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@
  */
 
 #include <spice.h>
-#include <spice-experimental.h>
 
 #include <netdb.h>
 #include "sysemu/sysemu.h"