diff --git a/include/vlc_addons.h b/include/vlc_addons.h
index 7447c7e8cd..443e434ac4 100644
--- a/include/vlc_addons.h
+++ b/include/vlc_addons.h
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@
 #define VLC_ADDONS_H 1
 
 #include <vlc_arrays.h>
-#include <vlc_events.h>
 
 # ifdef __cplusplus
 extern "C" {
diff --git a/include/vlc_input.h b/include/vlc_input.h
index 7d24f11830..21186f5239 100644
--- a/include/vlc_input.h
+++ b/include/vlc_input.h
@@ -36,7 +36,6 @@
 #include <vlc_es.h>
 #include <vlc_meta.h>
 #include <vlc_epg.h>
-#include <vlc_events.h>
 #include <vlc_input_item.h>
 #include <vlc_vout.h>
 #include <vlc_vout_osd.h>